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caricature

/ˈkeɹəkətʃə/KEH-ruh-kuh-chur
/ˈkɛɹəkətʃɚ/KEH-ruh-kuh-chur

Meaninga satirical picture

Common meaning: portrait exaggerating distinctive features

Journey through time

  1. Italiancaricatura‘a satirical picture’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftsa satirical picture → loadcarricare‘load’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsload → portrait exaggerating distinctive featurescaricature‘portrait exaggerating distinctive features’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian caricatura ‘a satirical picture’.

Roots

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