What does charade mean?
Definitions for charade
ʃəˈreɪd; esp. Brit. ʃəˈrɑdcha·rade
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word charade.
Princeton's WordNet
parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-onnoun
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
charadenoun
a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
Wiktionary
charadenoun
Something apparently real but based on pretence/pretense.
She said she loved me but it was only a charade.
charadenoun
A party game in which players mime a word or phrase that the other players must try to guess.
Wikipedia
Charade
Charade is a ballad written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb released in 1974 by the Bee Gees. It was the third and final single released from the Mr. Natural album. This track was edited to 3:14 for its single version. Like the parent album, the single was not a hit and only managed to climb to #31 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in late 1974. It did reach the Top 10 in Chile, peaking at #7.
ChatGPT
charade
A charade is a type of game in which participants attempt to guess a word or phrase based on mimed clues from one or more individuals. It can also refer to an act or event that is clearly false, deceptive, or lacking in genuine substance or meaning.
Webster Dictionary
Charadenoun
a verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations
Etymology: [F. charade, cf. Pr. charrada long chat, It ciarlare to chat, whence E. charlatan.]
Wikidata
Charade
Charade is a 1963 American romantic comedy/mystery film directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The movie also features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin. It spans three genres: suspense thriller, romance and comedy. Because Universal Pictures published the movie with an invalid copyright notice, the film entered the public domain in the United States immediately upon its release. The film is notable for its screenplay, especially the repartee between Grant and Hepburn, for having been filmed on location in Paris, for Henry Mancini's score and theme song, and for the animated titles by Maurice Binder. Charade has received generally positive reviews from critics, and was additionally noted to contain influences of genres such as whodunit, screwball and spy thriller; it has also been referred to as "the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never made."
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Charade
shar-äd′, n. a species of riddle, the subject of which is a word proposed for solution from an enigmatical description of its component syllables and of the whole—the charade is often acted. [Fr.; ety. dub. Littré gives Prov. charrada, chatter; Prof. Skeat quotes Sp. charrada, the speech of a clown.]
Matched Categories
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1574","1"],["1724","1"],["1725","1"],["1735","1"],["1746","1"],["1760","1"],["1764","1"],["1770","1"],["1772","1"],["1775","1"],["1777","1"],["1785","1"],["1789","1"],["1792","2"],["1795","4"],["1796","1"],["1797","2"],["1798","6"],["1799","1"],["1800","1"],["1801","5"],["1802","7"],["1803","3"],["1804","1"],["1805","2"],["1806","3"],["1807","2"],["1808","1"],["1809","3"],["1810","8"],["1811","24"],["1812","4"],["1813","10"],["1814","9"],["1815","1"],["1816","60"],["1817","6"],["1818","5"],["1819","9"],["1820","7"],["1821","12"],["1822","3"],["1823","4"],["1824","7"],["1825","26"],["1826","23"],["1827","22"],["1828","9"],["1829","14"],["1830","16"],["1831","8"],["1832","20"],["1833","20"],["1834","9"],["1835","17"],["1836","16"],["1837","5"],["1838","5"],["1839","13"],["1840","36"],["1841","10"],["1842","20"],["1843","9"],["1844","36"],["1845","13"],["1846","52"],["1847","18"],["1848","44"],["1849","11"],["1850","22"],["1851","26"],["1852","33"],["1853","33"],["1854","43"],["1855","46"],["1856","46"],["1857","45"],["1858","31"],["1859","25"],["1860","32"],["1861","37"],["1862","35"],["1863","60"],["1864","40"],["1865","28"],["1866","41"],["1867","86"],["1868","86"],["1869","59"],["1870","90"],["1871","35"],["1872","38"],["1873","38"],["1874","76"],["1875","108"],["1876","110"],["1877","37"],["1878","55"],["1879","76"],["1880","89"],["1881","77"],["1882","112"],["1883","91"],["1884","77"],["1885","135"],["1886","68"],["1887","71"],["1888","59"],["1889","64"],["1890","59"],["1891","113"],["1892","145"],["1893","112"],["1894","69"],["1895","96"],["1896","54"],["1897","119"],["1898","176"],["1899","117"],["1900","167"],["1901","146"],["1902","105"],["1903","120"],["1904","164"],["1905","212"],["1906","183"],["1907","120"],["1908","128"],["1909","80"],["1910","177"],["1911","201"],["1912","115"],["1913","90"],["1914","82"],["1915","123"],["1916","83"],["1917","79"],["1918","59"],["1919","62"],["1920","86"],["1921","120"],["1922","210"],["1923","149"],["1924","89"],["1925","90"],["1926","116"],["1927","108"],["1928","133"],["1929","117"],["1930","116"],["1931","112"],["1932","90"],["1933","156"],["1934","169"],["1935","129"],["1936","159"],["1937","159"],["1938","128"],["1939","118"],["1940","131"],["1941","129"],["1942","156"],["1943","107"],["1944","150"],["1945","72"],["1946","150"],["1947","171"],["1948","196"],["1949","274"],["1950","235"],["1951","228"],["1952","461"],["1953","319"],["1954","237"],["1955","287"],["1956","396"],["1957","350"],["1958","289"],["1959","326"],["1960","387"],["1961","523"],["1962","559"],["1963","595"],["1964","705"],["1965","720"],["1966","834"],["1967","1021"],["1968","1351"],["1969","1266"],["1970","1587"],["1971","1511"],["1972","1703"],["1973","1878"],["1974","1688"],["1975","1749"],["1976","1906"],["1977","2059"],["1978","2242"],["1979","2420"],["1980","2551"],["1981","2667"],["1982","2814"],["1983","3103"],["1984","3289"],["1985","3374"],["1986","3658"],["1987","3670"],["1988","3966"],["1989","3998"],["1990","4385"],["1991","4643"],["1992","4743"],["1993","4968"],["1994","5398"],["1995","5025"],["1996","5574"],["1997","5390"],["1998","5520"],["1999","6090"],["2000","7400"],["2001","7079"],["2002","8107"],["2003","9176"],["2004","9564"],["2005","9858"],["2006","9379"],["2007","9584"],["2008","10057"]]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of charade in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of charade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of charade in a Sentence
It's an exhausting charade.
Older women can afford to agree that femininity is a charade, a matter of colored hair, ecru lace and whalebones, the kind of slap and tat that transvestites are in love with, and no more.
If a lawyer knows ahead of time that the officer is not going to be identified, who has no resources, it makes no financial sense at all to litigate that case, if we've given up the charade that accountability is only through financial payments by those officers, then we need to think more seriously about what the consequences are and what our internal disciplinary systems look like in law enforcement agencies.
They're not here to steal one election. They're here to steal two elections, it's long past time we start this, so we can end this ridiculous charade and go have an election.
She was an excellent houseguest according to my mom and dad, she was never needy. She would keep to herself. She knew she had the run of the house. The guest room had its own entrance and exit. They played charades and cards. Gene Kelly, who was probably one of the greatest charade players of all time, was unstoppable. Marilyn was always like a little girl watching a master at work because when Gene Kelly did his charades, everyone would stop in awe… She loved to read and would sit quietly for hours and read books. And she loved music.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for charade
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- التمثيلية التحزيريةArabic
- paradeforestillingDanish
- FarceGerman
- συλλαβόγριφοςGreek
- charadaSpanish
- charadeFrench
- színjátékHungarian
- օձիքArmenian
- farsaItalian
- אשמהHebrew
- 제스처 게임Korean
- charadeLatin
- charadeNorwegian
- szaradaPolish
- şaradăRomanian
- шарадаRussian
- చెప్పుకో చూద్దాం రకంTelugu
- คำปริศนาที่มีเงื่อนไขไว้ให้ทุกพยานค์Thai
- шарадаUkrainian
- چیریڈUrdu
- trò chơi đố chữVietnamese
- 夏利Chinese
Get even more translations for charade »
Translation
Find a translation for the charade definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"charade." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 24 Oct. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/charade>.
Discuss these charade definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In