ironia

Latin

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

īrōnīa Latin
autoironia Italian
ironia Italian
ironizzare Italian
εἰρωνεία Ancient Greek
εἴρων Ancient Greek
ironi Norwegian Bokmål
ironia Portuguese
ironi Norwegian Nynorsk
ironi Danish
ironija Serbo-Croatian
ironia Catalan, Valencian
ironia Occitan
ironija Slovene

īrōnīa