Image:Irony.jpg|thumb|An example of situational irony
English
Pronunciation
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IPA: /'air�ni/
Noun
en-noun|pl=ironies
- A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean the opposite of what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention.
- colloquial The quality or state of an event being both coincidental and contradictory in a humorous or poignant and extremely improbable way.
- rfv-sense colloquial An unfortunate and coincidental turn of events that could have been avoided had all parties involved known more.
Related terms
ironic
ironical
dramatic irony
Socratic irony
Translations
trans-top|statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally
Bosnian: t-|bs|ironija|f
Croatian: t-|hr|ironija|f
Finnish: t+|fi|ironia|f
German: t+|de|Ironie|f
Greek: t|el|ειÏ�Ï�νεία|f|treironeÃa|scGrek
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Polish: t+|pl|ironia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|ironia|f
Romanian: t-|ro|ironie|f
Russian: t|ru|и�они�|f|trirónija|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|ironija|f
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trans-top|quality or state of an event being both coincidental and contradictory
Bosnian: t-|bs|ironija|f
Croatian: t-|hr|ironija|f
Finnish: t+|fi|ironia|f
German: t+|de|Ironie|f
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Greek: t|el|ειÏ�Ï�νεία|f|treironeÃa|scGrek
Polish: t+|pl|ironia|f
Romanian: t-|ro|ironie|f
Russian: t|ru|и�они�|f|trirónija|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|ironija|f
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ttbc|Aragonese: t-|an|ironÃa|f|xs=Aragonese
ttbc|Basque: t-|eu|ironia|xs=Basque
ttbc|Breton: t|br|mousfen|xs=Breton
ttbc|Catalan: t-|ca|ironia|f
ttbc|Czech: t+|cs|ironie|f
ttbc|Dutch: t+|nl|ironie|f
ttbc|Esperanto: t|eo|ironio|xs=Esperanto
ttbc|Estonian: t|et|iroonia
ttbc|French: t+|fr|ironie|f
ttbc|Hungarian: t|hu|irónia
ttbc|Hebrew: t|he|×�×�ר×�× ×�×�|f|trironiya|scHebr
ttbc|Irish: t|ga|Ãoróin|xs=Irish
ttbc|Italian: t+|it|ironia|f
ttbc|Latvian: t-|lv|ironija|f|xs=Latvian
ttbc|Lithuanian: t-|lt|ironija|f|xs=Lithuanian
ttbc|Occitan: t-|oc|ironia|f|xs=Occitan
ttbc|Slovak: t|sk|irónia|f
ttbc|Spanish: t-|es|ironÃa|f
ttbc|Swedish: t|sv|ironi c
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See also
pedialite
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