parody en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpæɹədi/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /-dɪ/ (Scotland)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɛɹədi/ Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈpæɹədi/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpaɾədi/ (Wales)
- /ˈpaɾəde/ (Scotland)
- /-di/ (Scotland)
- /ˈpaɹədɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
Etymology
From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Meanings
-
(countable, uncountable) A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause.
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, 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:
- (archaic, countable) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| parodies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
parodical · parodistic · parodize · parodist · parodism · parodial · parody mass · parodiable · paradelle · self-parody · autoparody
Translations (58)
uk паро́дія (expression making fun of something else) · sv parodi (expression making fun of something else) · nl parodie (expression making fun of something else) · nn parodi (expression making fun of something else) · lv parodija (expression making fun of something else) · oc parodia (expression making fun of something else) · de Parodie (expression making fun of something else) · ar مُحَاكَاة سَاخِرَة (expression making fun of something else) · cmn 戲仿 /戏仿 (expression making fun of something else) · sl parodija (expression making fun of something else) · hi भड़ौआ (expression making fun of something else) · be паро́дыя (expression making fun of something else) · io parodio (expression making fun of something else) · eo parodio (expression making fun of something else) · sh па̀ро̄дија (expression making fun of something else) · id parodi (expression making fun of something else) · he פָּרוֹדְיָה (expression making fun of something else) · pt paródia (expression making fun of something else) · fi parodia (expression making fun of something else) · az parodiya (expression making fun of something else) · ka პაროდია (expression making fun of something else) · sh pàrōdija (expression making fun of something else) · tl gayambalbal (expression making fun of something else) · sq parodi (expression making fun of something else) · uz parodiya (expression making fun of something else) · es parodia (expression making fun of something else) · ko 패러디 (expression making fun of something else) · cmn 惡搞 /恶搞 (expression making fun of something else) · pl parodia (expression making fun of something else) · ro parodie (expression making fun of something else) · ja パロディ (expression making fun of something else) · is skopstæling (expression making fun of something else) · da parodi (expression making fun of something else) · el παρωδία (expression making fun of something else) · fr parodie (expression making fun of something else) · hi व्यंग्य (expression making fun of something else) · sk paródia (expression making fun of something else) · cs parodie (expression making fun of something else) · kk пародия (expression making fun of something else) · nb parodi (expression making fun of something else) · tg пародия (expression making fun of something else) · ky пародия (expression making fun of something else) · hy պարոդիա (expression making fun of something else) · tl parodya (expression making fun of something else) · tr parodi (expression making fun of something else) · hu paródia (expression making fun of something else) · ru паро́дия (expression making fun of something else) · mk пародија (expression making fun of something else) · cmn 反串 (expression making fun of something else) · eu parodia (expression making fun of something else) · cmn 諧仿 /谐仿 (expression making fun of something else) · hi हास्यानुकृति (expression making fun of something else) · yi פּאַראָדיע (expression making fun of something else) · gl parodia (expression making fun of something else) · bg паро́дия (expression making fun of something else) · et paroodia (expression making fun of something else) · lt parodija (expression making fun of something else) · ca paròdia (expression making fun of something else)