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caricature en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəˈɹɪkət͡ʃʊɚ/ (General-American, rare)
• /kəˈɹɪkət͡ʃɚ/ (General-American, also, rare)
• /ˈkɛɹɪkət͡ʃʊɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɛɹɪkət͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˌkæɹɪkəˈtʃʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkæɹɪkəˌtʃʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French caricature, from Italian caricatùra, ultimately from Latin carrus, and so not related to character, which is instead ultimately from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having the characteristics of a caricature, grotesque.
   • That singularly foolish old lady, her grandmother, got up a sort of caricature conspiracy, and Miss Churchill was to have been married to a coxcombical Jacobite, of the name of Trevanion; but he was arrested in the church, though he has since escaped by means of the jailor's daughter. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 274–275:

Forms

Translations (78)

ja 風刺画 (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ru карикату́ра (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · fa کاریکاتور (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · az karikatura (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ru шарж (grotesque misrepresentation) · ru карикату́ра (grotesque misrepresentation) · ar رَسْم هَزْلِيّ (grotesque misrepresentation) · cs karikatura (grotesque misrepresentation) · de Zerrbild (grotesque misrepresentation) · fur caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · pt caricatura (grotesque misrepresentation) · fi irvikuva (grotesque misrepresentation) · pt caricatura (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · nl karikatuur (grotesque misrepresentation) · ca caricatura (grotesque misrepresentation) · cmn 卡通 (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ms karikatur (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · nb karikatur (grotesque misrepresentation) · sk karikatúra (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · pl karykatura (grotesque misrepresentation) · is skopmynd (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · yi קאַטאָוועס (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · hu karikatúra (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ko 만화 (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · hy ծաղրանկար (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · yi קאַריקאַטור (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ru шарж (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · cmn 諷刺畫 /讽刺画 (grotesque misrepresentation) · be карыкату́ра (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · nl karikatuur (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · nn karikatur (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · vi tranh biếm hoạ (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · nb karikatur (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · be шарж (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ja 風刺画 (grotesque misrepresentation) · es caricatura (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · hu karikatúra (grotesque misrepresentation) · fi pilakuva (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · eo karikaturo (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · cmn 諷刺畫 /讽刺画 (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · da karikatur (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ar كَارِيكَاتِير (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ko 캐리커처 (grotesque misrepresentation) · es caricatura (grotesque misrepresentation) · is skopstæling (grotesque misrepresentation) · tr karikatür (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · io karikaturo (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · sv karikatyr (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ja 戯画 (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ja 漫画 (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · id karikatur (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · fr caricature (grotesque misrepresentation) · ko 희화 (grotesque misrepresentation) · pl karykatura (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ar كَارِيكَاتُور (grotesque misrepresentation) · de Karikatur (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · uk карикату́ра (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ja カリカチュア (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · cmn 漫畫 /漫画 (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · kmr xêzik (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ckb کاریکاتێر (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · de Karikatur (grotesque misrepresentation) · ca caricatura (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ar كَارِيكَاتُور (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · cs karikatura (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · uk шарж (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ko 캐리커처 (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · fr caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · kk карикатура (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ja 戯画 (grotesque misrepresentation) · ar رَسْم هَزْلِيّ (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · kmr karîkatur (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · fi karikatyyri (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ko 희화 (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · xal шог зург (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) · ar كَارِيكَاتِير (grotesque misrepresentation) · cmn 卡通 (grotesque misrepresentation) · fur caricature (grotesque misrepresentation)

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caricature en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəˈɹɪkət͡ʃʊɚ/ (General-American, rare)
• /kəˈɹɪkət͡ʃɚ/ (General-American, also, rare)
• /ˈkɛɹɪkət͡ʃʊɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɛɹɪkət͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˌkæɹɪkəˈtʃʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkæɹɪkəˌtʃʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French caricature, from Italian caricatùra, ultimately from Latin carrus, and so not related to character, which is instead ultimately from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”).

Meanings

1. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
   • Lo Ching-chong (羅慶忠), better known as L.C.C., showed off a caricature of Lu he did in 2001. In the black-and-white drawing, Lu sports a bird's nest-like hairdo, with a bird perched in it. 2006 March 7, Shu-ling Ko, “Cartoonists decry the lack of interest in their talents”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2006, Taiwan News, page 3:
   • Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes. 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
2. A grotesque misrepresentation.
   • A grotesque caricature of virtue. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
   • They were ignoring that the feckless, toothless caricature of a world parliament — the UN — needed American money in order to keep going and would do anything to get our moolah! 1994 October, Harry Hay, “Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
   • Anything more appalling than this jumbled mass of the remains of a departed race I cannot imagine, and what made it even more dreadful was that in this dry air a considerable number of the bodies had simply become desiccated with the skin still on them, and now, fixed in every conceivable position, stared at us out of the mountain of white bones, grotesquely horrible caricatures of humanity. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
3. In facial recognition systems, a face that has been modified to look less like the average face, and thus more distinctive.

Forms

Deriveds

caricaturisation · anticaricature · caricaturish · caricaturise · caricaturable · caricature plant

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caricature en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəˈɹɪkət͡ʃʊɚ/ (General-American, rare)
• /kəˈɹɪkət͡ʃɚ/ (General-American, also, rare)
• /ˈkɛɹɪkət͡ʃʊɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɛɹɪkət͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˌkæɹɪkəˈtʃʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkæɹɪkəˌtʃʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French caricature, from Italian caricatùra, ultimately from Latin carrus, and so not related to character, which is instead ultimately from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”).

Meanings

1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
   • Their faults grew suddenly perceptible, and their absurdities an unfailing subject of mimicry. All these, in his hands, became singularly amusing. Francesca, who had little knowledge, and no envy, of the individuals so relentlessly caricatured, could not help being entertained. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 180:

Forms

Deriveds

caricaturist · uncaricatured · caricaturable

Translations (17)

it caricaturizzare (represent in exaggerated manner) · cs karikovat (represent in exaggerated manner) · fr caricaturer (represent in exaggerated manner) · pl karykaturować (represent in exaggerated manner) · nl vertekenen (represent in exaggerated manner) · nl karikaturiseren (represent in exaggerated manner) · ca caricaturitzar (represent in exaggerated manner) · ca caricaturar (represent in exaggerated manner) · nb karikere (represent in exaggerated manner) · es caricaturar (represent in exaggerated manner) · es caricaturizar (represent in exaggerated manner) · sv karikera (represent in exaggerated manner) · da karikere (represent in exaggerated manner) · hu kifiguráz (represent in exaggerated manner) · hu karikíroz (represent in exaggerated manner) · eo karikaturi (represent in exaggerated manner) · de karikieren (represent in exaggerated manner)

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