satire

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsætaɪɹ/

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.

• satiric, satirical
• satirically
• satirist

• satire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• satire in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

• striae, striæ, terais, terasi

• IPA^(key): /satiːrə/, [saˈtˢiːɐ]

satire c (singular definite satiren, plural indefinite satirer)

1. satire

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

• satire on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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

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

satire f (plural satires or satiren)

1. A satire.

• satiriek
• satirisch
• satirist

• satyr

satire f (plural satires)

1. satire

• “satire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

satire f

1. plural of satira

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

From Latin satura, satira

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

1. satire

• satirisk

• “satire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin satura, satira

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

1. satire

• satirisk

• “satire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.