irony

Etymology 1
First attested in 1502. From, from , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)   The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
 * 2)  An ironic statement.
 * 3) Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
 * 4) Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
 * 5)  Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
 * 1)  Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.

Usage notes

 * Some authorities omit the last sense, "contradiction of circumstances and expectations, condition contrary to what might be expected"; however, it has been in common use since the 1600s.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: Corna@Nose-Corna@@SideChesthigh Corna@RadialHand-Corna@CenterChesthigh
 * Arabic: سُخْرِيَة, مُفَارَقَة, تَهَكُّم , تَعَارُض , تَنَافُر , اِسْتِهْزَاء
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:, rişxənd,
 * Belarusian: іро́нія
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ironi
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ironio
 * Estonian: iroonia
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ირონია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: írónía
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: íoróin
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: ирония
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: ирония
 * Latvian: ironija
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: иронија
 * Maori: kōrero takahiri, kōrori
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: ironi
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: иро̀нија
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: irónia
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: libak, parikala
 * Tajik: истеҳзо, ришханд, киноя
 * Thai: การแฝงนัย, คำแดกดัน, คำถากถาง , คำประชด , คำประชดประชัน , คำเย้ยหยัน
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: اِسْتِہْزا
 * Uyghur: ئىرونىيە, كىنايە, تەنە
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: giống thép, giống gang


 * Belarusian: іро́нія
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ironi
 * Dutch:, het ironische
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Interlingua:
 * Macedonian: иронија
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skjebnens ironi
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: иро̀нија
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: irónia
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Aragonese:
 * Basque:
 * Breton:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Occitan:

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
 * The food had an irony taste to it.
 * The food had an irony taste to it.
 * The food had an irony taste to it.
 * The food had an irony taste to it.
 * The food had an irony taste to it.
 * The food had an irony taste to it.
 * The food had an irony taste to it.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ferroso
 * Romanian:
 * Slovak: železový, železitý,
 * Spanish: