Where the Romanian word “ironic” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
Din fr. ironique, lat. ironicus.
→ French · DEX '96- Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French ironique ← Late Latin īrōnicus ← Ancient Greek εἰρωνικός
- In film dialogue
- 9.2 times per million words · number 4,323 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 8.7 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 0.0 10 14 38 32 - Swap in a synonym
- înțepător (Made in Romanian), batjocoritor (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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