parody

parodie

Texte ou spectacle qui imite une autre œuvre pour faire rire ou s’en moquer.

En anglais simple : A piece of writing or a performance that copies another work in a funny or mocking way.

• The song is a parody.
• They made a clever parody of the original film.
• Her parodies of television adverts made everyone laugh.

Comment l'utiliser : a parody of something (The sketch is a parody of a famous detective show.)

Synonymes : spoof, send-up

Expressions courantes : a parody of, parody song, political parody

parodier

Imiter le style d’une œuvre ou d’un spectacle pour faire rire ou le critiquer.

En anglais simple : To copy the style of a work or performance to make people laugh or criticize it.

• The show parodies famous films.
• She parodied his serious speech at the party.
• Their latest song parodies expensive perfume adverts.

Synonymes : spoof, send up

Expressions courantes : parody a film, parody someone’s speech, parody an advert