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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Charade \Cha*rade"\, n. [F. charade, cf. Pr. charrada long chat,
     It ciarlare to chat, whence E. charlatan.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Charade \Cha*rade"\, n. [F. charade, cf. Pr. charrada long chat,
     It ciarlare to chat, whence E. charlatan.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  charade
       n 1: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous
            way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery,
             takeoff, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade, put-on]
       2: a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  charade
     n.
     1 (lb en literature archaic) A genre of riddles where the clues to
  the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue
  to the whole.
     2 (lb en uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form
  of the earlier riddles.
     3 (lb en obsolete) A play resembling the game charades,
  ''particularly'' due to poor acting.
     4 A deception or pretense, ''originally'' an absurdly obvious one but
  ''now'' in general use.
     vb.
     To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  charade
     n.
     1 (lb en literature archaic) A genre of riddles where the clues to
  the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue
  to the whole.
     2 (lb en uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form
  of the earlier riddles.
     3 (lb en obsolete) A play resembling the game charades,
  ''particularly'' due to poor acting.
     4 A deception or pretense, ''originally'' an absurdly obvious one but
  ''now'' in general use.
     vb.
     To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  charade
     n.
     1 (lb en literature archaic) A genre of riddles where the clues to
  the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue
  to the whole.
     2 (lb en uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form
  of the earlier riddles.
     3 (lb en obsolete) A play resembling the game charades,
  ''particularly'' due to poor acting.
     4 A deception or pretense, ''originally'' an absurdly obvious one but
  ''now'' in general use.
     vb.
     To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  charade
     n.
     1 (lb en literature archaic) A genre of riddles where the clues to
  the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue
  to the whole.
     2 (lb en uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form
  of the earlier riddles.
     3 (lb en obsolete) A play resembling the game charades,
  ''particularly'' due to poor acting.
     4 A deception or pretense, ''originally'' an absurdly obvious one but
  ''now'' in general use.
     vb.
     To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  charade
     Englanti n.
     1 huijaus, teeskentely
     2 (''monikossa'') peli, jossa esitetään ja arvataan sanoja tai
  lauseita

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  charade
     Franska n.
     charad

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  charade /ʃɐɹˈɑːd/ 
  šaráda

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  charade /ʃɐɹˈɑːd/
  Affentheater , Affenzirkus , Affenkomödie  [ugs.]  [pej.]
     Synonyms: crazy business, madhouse, buffoonery
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  charade /ʃɐɹˈɑːd/
  Scharade 
           Note: pantomimisches Ratespiel
   see: charades
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  charade /ʃɐɹˈɑːd/
  šarada

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  charade /ʃɐɹˈɑːd/
  kitalálósdi társasjáték

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  charade /ʃəˈrɑ:d/ 
    farsa, gra

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  charade /ʃɐɹˈɑːd/ 
  charada

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  charade /ʃaʁˈad/
  charadenn (charadennoù /ʃaʁadɛnˈu/)

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  charade /ʃa.ʁad/ 
  sciarada
  Sorte d’énigme

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  charade /ʃa.ʁad/ 
  szarada
  Sorte d’énigme

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  charade /ʃa.ʁad/ 
  charada
  Sorte d’énigme

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  charade /ʃa.ʁad/ 
  charad
  Sorte d’énigme

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  charade /ʃaradə/
  Scharade

From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-spa ]

  charade /ʃaːrˈaːdə/ 
  charada

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ʃɝˈeɪd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  128 Moby Thesaurus words for "charade":
     Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, absurdity, anagram,
     antimasque, audience success, ballet, bearing, beck, beckon,
     body language, bomb, broadcast drama, burlesque show, carriage,
     chironomy, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy drama, conundrum,
     critical success, dactylology, daytime serial,
     deaf-and-dumb alphabet, dialogue, disguise, documentary drama,
     drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, dumb show,
     duodrama, duologue, epic theater, experimental theater,
     extravaganza, failure, farce, flop, gasser, gesticulation, gesture,
     gesture language, giveaway, hand signal, happening, hit, hit show,
     improvisational drama, kinesics, legitimate drama, logogriph,
     make-believe, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle,
     miracle play, mockery, monodrama, monologue, morality,
     morality play, motion, movement, music drama, musical revue,
     mystery, mystery play, opera, pageant, panel show, pantomime,
     parody, pastoral, pastoral drama, piece, play, playlet, poise,
     pose, posture, pretension, pretentiousness, problem play,
     psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, rebus, review, revue, riddle,
     sensational play, serial, show, shrug, sign language, sitcom,
     situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama,
     spectacle, stage play, stage show, stance, straight drama, success,
     suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, teleplay,
     television drama, television play, theater of cruelty,
     total theater, travesty, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show,
     vehicle, word-of-mouth success, work
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 看手势猜字谜游戏;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 看手势猜字谜游戏

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