ironia

See also: Ironia, irónia, ironía, and írónía

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ironia, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ironia f (plural ironies)

  1. irony

Derived terms

Further reading


Esperanto

Etymology

From ironio (irony) + -a.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [iroˈnia]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: i‧ro‧ni‧a

Adjective

ironia (accusative singular ironian, plural ironiaj, accusative plural ironiajn)

  1. ironic

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English irony), ultimately from Latin īrōnīa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈironiɑ/, [ˈiro̞ˌniɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): i‧ro‧ni‧a

Noun

ironia

  1. irony

Declension

Inflection of ironia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative ironia ironiat
genitive ironian ironioiden
ironioitten
partitive ironiaa ironioita
illative ironiaan ironioihin
singular plural
nominative ironia ironiat
accusative nom. ironia ironiat
gen. ironian
genitive ironian ironioiden
ironioitten
ironiainrare
partitive ironiaa ironioita
inessive ironiassa ironioissa
elative ironiasta ironioista
illative ironiaan ironioihin
adessive ironialla ironioilla
ablative ironialta ironioilta
allative ironialle ironioille
essive ironiana ironioina
translative ironiaksi ironioiksi
instructive ironioin
abessive ironiatta ironioitta
comitative ironioineen
Possessive forms of ironia (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person ironiani ironiamme
2nd person ironiasi ironianne
3rd person ironiansa

Compounds

Anagrams


Interlingua

Noun

ironia (plural ironias)

  1. irony

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ironia, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.roˈni.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: i‧ro‧nì‧a

Noun

ironia f (plural ironie)

  1. irony

Derived terms

Anagrams


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía).

Pronunciation

Noun

īrōnīa f (genitive īrōnīae); first declension

  1. irony

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īrōnīa īrōnīae
Genitive īrōnīae īrōnīārum
Dative īrōnīae īrōnīīs
Accusative īrōnīam īrōnīās
Ablative īrōnīā īrōnīīs
Vocative īrōnīa īrōnīae

Descendants

  • English: irony
  • French: ironie
  • Italian: ironia
  • Portuguese: ironia
  • Romanian: ironie
  • Russian: иро́ния (irónija)
  • Sicilian: irunìa
  • Spanish: ironía

References

  • ironia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ironia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ironia, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ironia f (uncountable)

  1. irony

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īrōnia, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈrɔɲ.ja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲja
  • Syllabification: i‧ron‧ia

Noun

ironia f (diminutive ironijka)

  1. irony
    Antonym: dosłowność
    • 2004 January 3, Zbigniew Bauer, “Sen jest życiem”, in Gazeta Krakowska (journalism), "Polskapresse". Oddział "Prasa Krakowska":
      I następnie "sprzedają" tę wojnę mediom tak, jakby była ona najprawdziwsza. Gdzie są granice oszustwa, skoro w strumieniu informacji płynących z "frontów" i frontów nie ma miejsca na żadne przymrużenie oka, żadne ironie czy kpinki.
      And then they "sell" this war to the media like it was real. Where's the limit of fraud, since in the stream of information from the "fronts", and the fronts don't have anywhere for you to squint your eyes, no irony, or jokes.

Usage notes

  • Mostly used in the singular.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ironia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ironia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ironia, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía).

Noun

ironia f (plural ironias)

  1. irony

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.roˈni.ja/

Noun

ironia f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of ironie
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