parody
Syllables: par·o·dy/ˈpæɹədi/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/ˈpaɹədɪj/
parody noun: a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
Noun
parody (countable and uncountable, plural parodies)
- A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
- The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
- A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
Verb
parody (third-person singular simple present parodies, present participle parodying, simple past and past participle parodied)
- To make a parody of something.
- The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.
parody meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
parody in Hindi
- expression making fun of something else
- व्यंग्य vyaṅgya, हास्यानुकृति hāsyānukŕti, भड़ौआ bhaṛauā
parody in Tamil
- பகடி
parody in Urdu
- مزاحیہ نقل
parody in Bengali
- ব্যঙ্গাত্মক অনুকরণ, প্যারোডি
More languagesFewer languages
- parody in Malayalam
- മറ്റൊരാളുടെ പ്രവൃത്തിയെ ഹാസ്യരൂപേണ, നിന്ദാരൂപേണ അനുകരിക്കുക, പാരഡി
- parody in Kannada
- ಅಣಕ ಬರಹ, ವಿಡಂಬನ ಬರಹ, ವಿಡಂಬನಾನುಕರಣ ಕಾವ್ಯ, ವಿಡಂಬನಾನುಕರಣ ಲೇಖನ
- parody in Punjabi
- ਪੈਰੋਡੀ, ਪੇਰੋਡੀ, ਪੈਰੋਡੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- parody in Gujarati
- પેરોડી, પેરોડી કરવા માટે, પેરોડી કરવા
- parody in Odia
- ପ୍ଯ଼ାରୋଡି
- parody in Nepali
- प्यारोडी, पेरोडी, पैरोडी
- parody in Tagalog
- gayambalbal, parodya
- parody in Arabic
- مُحَاكَاة سَاخِرَة muḥākāh sāḵira
- parody in Indonesian
- parodi
- parody in Thai
- ล้อเลียน lɔ́ɔ-liian
Examples of parody in a sentence
- The dihydrogen monoxide parody is an example of the effects of Zohnerism.
- The entertainers parodied his speech. He was not amused.
- The video is a self-aware parody of the trend.
Forms of parody
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | parodies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | parodies |
| present participle | parodying |
| past participle | parodied |
| past | parodied |
Origin of parody
From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Words formed from parody
Phrases with parody
Questions about parody
- What does parody mean?
- Parody means a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
- What is parody in Hindi?
- Parody in Hindi is व्यंग्य (vyaṅgya), हास्यानुकृति (hāsyānukŕti), भड़ौआ (bhaṛauā). See Parody meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is parody?
- Parody can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce parody?
- Parody is pronounced /ˈpæɹədi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of parody?
- The plural of parody is parodies.
Words near parody in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: parody (page history and authors); parody (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parody (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Parody (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parody (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parody (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parody (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parody (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parody (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parody (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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