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Translate irony from English to French

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irony:
- ironie; raillerie; moquerie; dérision; honte; insulte; diffamation; outrage; risée; objet de risée
Wiktionary:
- irony → ferreux
- irony → ironie, ironie du sort
- irony → ironie

English

Detailed Translations for irony from English to French

irony:

irony [the ~] noun

the irony (mockery; mock; mocking; sneering; scoffing; jeers; sneers)
l'ironie; la raillerie; la moquerie; la dérision; l'honte; l'insulte; la diffamation; l'outrage; la risée; l'objet de risée
- ironie [la ~] noun
- raillerie [la ~] noun
- moquerie [la ~] noun
- dérision [la ~] noun
- honte [la ~] noun
- insulte [la ~] noun
- diffamation [la ~] noun
- outrage [le ~] noun
- risée [la ~] noun
- objet de risée [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for irony:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
diffamation	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers	backbiting; blacking; blasphemy; cut; defamation; degradation; denigrate; derision; disgracement; dishonering; gossip; jeers; joking; mock; mockery; mocking; mudslinging; obloquy; poke fun at; profanity; salary cut; scandal; scandal-mongering; scoffing; scorn; slander; slanderous language; small talk; sneering; sneers; taunts; tittle-tattle; travesty; vilification
dérision	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers	derision; jeers; joking; mock; mockery; mocking; obloquy; poke fun at; scoffing; scorn; sneering; sneers; taunts; travesty
honte	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers	derision; disgrace; ignominy; infamy; jeers; scandal; scandalous behaviour; scandalous deed; scandalousness; scorn; sense of shame; shame; shameful act; sneers; taunts
insulte	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers	defamation; derision; invective; jeering; jeers; joking; mock; mockery; mocking; obloquy; poke fun at; scoffing; scorn; sneering; sneers; taunts; term of abuse; travesty
ironie	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers
moquerie	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers	derision; jeering; jeers; joking; mock; mockery; mocking; obloquy; poke fun at; scoffing; scorn; scornful laughter; sneering; sneers; taunt; taunts; travesty
objet de risée	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers	derision; jeers; scorn; sneers; taunts
outrage	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers	defamation; derision; jeers; scorn; sneers; taunts
raillerie	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers	banter; derision; folly; fun; gallows humour; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; jeering; jeers; joke; joking; joy; joyfulness; little present; little something; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; mock; mockery; mocking; nonsense; obloquy; pleasure; poke fun at; prank; present; sarcasm; scoffing; scorn; scornful laughter; scornful tone; silliness; sneering; sneers; taunts; travesty
risée	irony; jeers; mock; mockery; mocking; scoffing; sneering; sneers	butt; derision; jeers; joking; laughing-stock; mock; mockery; mocking; obloquy; poke fun at; scoffing; scorn; sneering; sneers; taunts; travesty
-	caustic remark; sarcasm; satire

Related Words for "irony":

ironies

Synonyms for "irony":

sarcasm; satire; caustic remark; wit; humor; humour; witticism; wittiness
incongruity; incongruousness
trope; figure of speech; figure; image

Related Definitions for "irony":

incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs¹
- the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated¹
witty language used to convey insults or scorn¹
- irony is wasted on the stupid¹
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs¹

Wiktionary Translations for irony:

irony

adjective

of or pertaining to iron
- irony → ferreux

noun

statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally
- irony → ironie
condition contrary to expectations
- irony → ironie du sort

irony

noun

rhéto|fr figure de rhétorique par laquelle on dit le contraire de ce qu’on vouloir faire entendre.
- ironie → irony

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• irony	→ ironie	↔ ironie — vorm van spot
• irony	→ ironie	↔ Ironie — verhüllter Spott, bei dem ein Unterschied zwischen wörtlicher und wirklicher Bedeutung besteht

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University