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Ironya (אירוניה) means irony in Hebrew.

It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אִירוֹנְיָה
ironya
word
In English

irony

The stress falls on the part in bold.

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The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Ironya.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    אמירת דבר הפוך ממה שמתכוונים לו, בעיקר בפן הומוריסטי או כדי לשמור על לשון נקיה.
  2. 2
    בהשאלהסיטואציה בלתי צפויה או בלתי רגילה.

The word Ironya is a word.

Written with vowel points
אִירוֹנְיָה
Written without vowel points
אירוניה
Said
ironya
Plural
אִירוֹנְיוֹת
Inflections
ר' אִירוֹנְיוֹת
Gematria
282

This is how Ironya is said in other languages.

English
irony
Arabic
سُخْرِية
Russian
ирония
French
ironie
Yiddish
איראָניע, געשפּעט

These words mean nearly the same as Ironya.

  • לשון סגי נהור
  • צחוק הגורל

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These words rhyme with Ironya.

These words come before and after Ironya in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Ironya.

What does Ironya (⁨אירוניה⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Ironya (⁨אירוניה⁩) means irony. It is said ironya, with the stress on ron.

What is a synonym for Ironya (⁨אירוניה⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Ironya (⁨אירוניה⁩) are ⁨לשון סגי נהור⁩ and ⁨צחוק הגורל⁩.

What rhymes with Ironya (⁨אירוניה⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Ironya (⁨אירוניה⁩) include ⁨הרמוניה⁩, ⁨הגמוניה⁩, and ⁨סימפוניה⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אירוניה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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