ironi

Danish

/ironiː/

noun

Definitions

irony

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (pretext, irony, deception, hypocrisy).

Origin

Ancient Greek

εἰρωνεία

Gloss

pretext, irony, deception, hypocrisy

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ironia Latin
īrōnīa Latin
εἰρωνεία Ancient Greek
εἴρων Ancient Greek
ironi Norwegian Bokmål
ironi Norwegian Nynorsk
selv Danish
selvironi Danish
selvironisk Danish
ironija Serbo-Croatian
ironija Slovene