travesty

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.
2. A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).
3. (proscribed, sometimes) An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior).

Verb

To make a travesty of; to parody.

Conceptes

paròdia

farsa

Sinònims

parody

burlesque

mockery

caricature

lampoon

spoof

farce

sendup

pasquinade

charade

farce comedy

put-on

skit

takeoff

misinterpret

mimicry

taunting

razz

satire

scoffing

mimic

send up

distort

chaff

mock

mocking

parodies

Traduccions

travestie

paródia

parodia

parodiar

parodia

διακωμώδηση

παρωδία

Travestie

parodier

travesteren

travestia

travestieren

παραποίηση

travesti

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtɹæv.ɪs.ti/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb anglès: wear

In summary

From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.