caricature
See also: caricaturé
English
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A caricature of Abraham Lincoln.
Etymology
From French caricature, from Italian caricatura.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹɪkətʃʊɚ/, (rare) /kəˈɹɪkətʃʊɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹɪkətʃʊə/
Noun
caricature (plural caricatures)
- A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
- A grotesque misrepresentation.
- Macaulay
- A grotesque caricature of virtue.
- Macaulay
Translations
pictorial representation of someone for comic effect
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grotesque misrepresentation
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Verb
caricature (third-person singular simple present caricatures, present participle caricaturing, simple past and past participle caricatured)
- To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
Derived terms
Translations
represent in exaggerated manner
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian caricatura, from the verb caricare (“to load; to exaggerate”), cognate with French charger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʁi.ka.tyʁ/
Derived terms
Further reading
- “caricature” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾe/
Verb
caricature
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of caricaturar.
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