charade

cha·rade  (sh-rd)

n.

1. Games

a. charades (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game in which words or phrases are represented in pantomime, sometimes syllable by syllable, until they are guessed by the other players.

b. An episode in this game or a word or phrase so represented.

2. A readily perceived pretense; a travesty: went through the charade of a public apology.

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[French, probably from Provençal charrado, chat, from charra, to chat, chatter, perhaps from Italian ciarlare.]

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charade [ʃəˈrɑːd]

n

1. (Group Games / Games, other than specified) an episode or act in the game of charades

2. Chiefly Brit an absurd act; travesty

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	charade - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, lampoon, mockery, burlesque, travesty, takeoff caricature, impersonation, imitation - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
	2.	charade - a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades charades - player acts out a phrase for others to guess word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"

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charade

noun pretence, farce, parody, pantomime, fake They went through an elaborate charade of pretending they had never met before.

Translations

charade [ʃəˈrɑːd] N (frm, pej) → payasada f, farsa f charades (= game) → charada f

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charade [ʃəˈrɑːd]

n (= pretence) → mascarade f
to be a charade → être une mascarade charades

npl (= game) → charades fpl

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charade

n → Scharade f; (fig) → Farce f, → Affentheater nt (inf)

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charade [ʃəˈrɑːd] n

a. (pretence) → farsa

b. charades npl (game) → sciarada fsg

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charade

n charade [ʃəˈraːd, (American ) ʃəˈreid]

a piece of ridiculous pretence which is so obvious that it does not deceive anyone. charade تَظاهُر هَزَلي مَكْشوف очевидно драматизиране parodie paradenummer die Scharade γελοίο πρόσχημα, παρωδία farsa paroodia تظاهر ناشیانه parodia parodie הַצָגָה प्रहेलिका, पहेली šarada, igra pogađanja „komédia” sandiwara látaleikur, skopstæling sciarada 見えすいた口実 빤히 들여다 보이는 수작 akivaizdi apgaulė farss kepura-puraan charade temmelig tynt/lett gjennomskuelig påskudd farsa farsa comedie; mascaradă бессмысленный фарс paródia šarada farsa charad คำปริศนา numara 明顯騙人的藉口 шарада جھوٹا بہانہ ، غلط حیلہ làm ngơ 荒谬的难以骗人的借口

n sg chaˈrades

a game in which each syllable of a word, and then the whole word, is acted and the audience has to guess the word. stomstreke حَزاير تَمْثيليّه шарада šaráda gæt og grimasser das Silbenrätsel συλλαβόγριφος charada šaraad بازی حدس زدن واژه tavuleikki charade מִשחָק נִחוּשִים पहेली šarada kitalálósdi permainan kata látbragðsgáta sciarada ジェスチャー遊び 제스처 게임 šarada šarāde permainan charade charade ordgåtelek gra towarzyska, szarada charada şaradă шарада šaráda zlogovna uganka šarada charader การทายคำปริศนา sözcük bulma oyunu, sessiz film 比手劃腳猜英語字遊戲 гра в шаради الفاظ کا ایک کھیل trò đố chữ 一种看手势猜字谜（游戏）