satire

See also: Satire

English

Etymology

From Middle French satire, from Old French, from Latin satira, from earlier satura, from lanx satura (“full dish”), from feminine of satur. Altered in Latin by influence of Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyr”), on the mistaken notion that the form is related to the Greek σατυρικόν δράμα (saturikón dráma, “satyr drama”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsætaɪɹ/

Noun

satire (countable and uncountable, plural satires)

1. (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
2. (countable) A satirical work.

   a stinging satire of American politics.

3. (uncountable, dated) Severity of remark.

Derived terms

• satiric, satirical
• satirically
• satirist

Translations

literary technique

• Afrikaans: satire
• Albanian: satirë (sq) f
• Arabic: هِجَاء m (hijāʔ)
• Armenian: երգիծանք (hy) (ergicankʻ)
• Azerbaijani: satira
• Belarusian: саты́ра f (satýra)
• Catalan: sàtira (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諷刺／讽刺 (zh) (fěngcì), 讽刺 (zh) (fèngcì)

• Czech: satira (cs) f
• Danish: satire c
• Finnish: satiiri (fi)
• French: satire (fr) f
• Georgian: სატირა (saṭira)
• German: Satire (de) f
• Greek: σάτιρα (el) (sátira)
• Haitian Creole: satir
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• Irish: aoir f
• Italian: satira (it) f
• Japanese: 風刺 (ja) (ふうし, fūshi), 皮肉 (ja) (ひにく, hiniku)
• Korean: 풍자 (ko) (風刺, pungja)
• Malay: satira
• Norwegian: satire (no) m
• Ossetian: сатирӕ (satiræ)
• Polish: satyra (pl) f
• Portuguese: sátira (pt) f
• Romanian: satiră (ro) f
• Russian: сати́ра (ru) f (satíra)
• Scottish Gaelic: aoir f
• Spanish: sátira (es) f
• Swedish: satir (sv)
• Turkish: yergi (tr)
• Ukrainian: сати́ра f (satýra)
• Volapük: satir

Further reading

• “satire”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “satire”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• striae, striæ, terais, terasi

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /satiːrə/, [saˈtˢiːɐ]

Noun

satire c (singular definite satiren, plural indefinite satirer)

1. satire

Inflection

Declension of satire

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	satire	satiren	satirer	satirerne
genitive	satires	satirens	satirers	satirernes

Related terms

• satiriker ("satirist")
• satirisere ("satirize")
• satirisk ("satiric", "satirical")

Further reading

• satire on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French satire, German Satire or Latin satira, from Latin satur but influenced by Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaːˈtiː.rə/
• Hyphenation: sa‧ti‧re
• Rhymes: -iːrə

Noun

satire f (plural satires or satiren)

1. A satire.

Derived terms

• satiriek
• satirisch
• satirist

Related terms

• satyr

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French

Noun

satire f (plural satires)

1. satire

Further reading

• “satire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

satire f

1. plural of satira

Anagrams

• ariste, estrai, restai, restia, risate, ritesa, sartie, starei

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin satura, satira

Noun

satire m (definite singular satiren, indefinite plural satirer, definite plural satirene)

1. satire

Derived terms

• satirisk

References

• “satire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin satura, satira

Noun

satire m (definite singular satiren, indefinite plural satirar, definite plural satirane)

1. satire

Derived terms

• satirisk

References

• “satire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.