comedienne

comedienne

See also: comédienne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French comédienne.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˌmiːdɪˈɛn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˌmiːdiˈɛn/

Noun

comedienne (plural comediennes)

1. (dated) A female comedian.

Usage notes

Some consider this word to be an outdated gendered term, preferring to use comedian or comic for women instead.[1][2]

Hypernyms

• comedian (male and female comedian)
• comic

Related terms

• comedian (male comedian)

Translations

female comedian

Burmese: ဟာသမင်းသမီး (my) (hasa.mang:sa.mi:), ဟာသမယ် (hasa.mai) Chinese: Mandarin: 喜劇女演員, 喜剧女演员 (xǐjù nǚyǎnyuán) Esperanto: komikistino Finnish: komedienne (fi) French: comédienne (fr) Japanese: コメディエンヌ

References

1. “actor”, in Guardian and Observer style guide: A, Guardian Media Group, accessed 21 February 2015
2. Fogarty, Mignon (12 November 2014), “You should basically stop using gendered nouns”, in The Washington Post‎, Nash Holdings LLC, archived from the original on 2014-11-13, retrieved 21 February 2015

Anagrams

• neoendemic