comic

comic

See also: Comic, cómic, còmic, and çomıç

English

Etymology

From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmɪk/

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒmɪk, (General American) -ɑmɪk

Adjective

comic (comparative more comic, superlative most comic)

1. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. [from 16th c.]

   comic genius

   a comic stereotype

2. Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining. [from 16th c.]
3. Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous. [from 17th c.]
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview 2001, p. 262:

     As there was something excessively comique in the distress of the landlord and his wife […] , I could not forbear staying a little to be amused with it.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:funny
• (comedy): comedic, comical

Related terms

• comedian
• comedy
• comical
• comicality
• comically
• comicalness
• comic relief
• comic strip

 

Translations

being funny

Bulgarian: смешен (bg) (smešen), комичен (bg) (komičen) Catalan: còmic (ca) Cornish: hwarthus Danish: komisk Dutch: grappig (nl), komisch (nl) Esperanto: komedia, komika Finnish: koominen (fi) French: comique (fr) m or f, cocasse (fr) m or f Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós) Hebrew: קומי‎ (he) m (qomi) Hungarian: komikus (hu), tréfás (hu), mulatságos (hu), mulattató (hu) Irish: greannmhar Italian: comico (it) Macedonian: комичен m (komičen) Maori: hātakēhi, whakakata Persian: کمیک‎ (fa) (komik) Polish: komiczny (pl), śmieszny (pl), zabawny (pl) Portuguese: cômico (pt) (Brazil), cómico (pt) (Portugal), engraçado (pt), divertido (pt) Romanian: comic (ro), haios (ro), amuzant (ro), caraghios (ro) Russian: коми́ческий (ru) (komíčeskij), смешно́й (ru) (smešnój), коми́чный (ru) (komíčnyj) Serbo-Croatian: kòmičan (sh), smijéšan (sh) Spanish: cómico (es)

related to comedy

Bulgarian: комичен (bg) (komičen), комедиен (komedien) Catalan: còmic (ca) Danish: komisk Dutch: komisch (nl) Esperanto: komedia, komika Finnish: koominen (fi), komedia- (fi) French: comique (fr) m or f Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós) Ancient: κωμικός (kōmikós) Hebrew: קומי‎ (he) m (qomi) Hungarian: vígjátéki, komédiai, vígjáték- (hu), komédia- (hu) Italian: comico (it) Macedonian: комедиски m (komediski), комичен m (komičen) Polish: komediowy (pl) Portuguese: cômico (pt) (Brazil), cómico (pt) (Portugal) Romanian: comic (ro) Russian: комеди́йный (ru) (komedíjnyj) Turkmen: wäşi

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Interlingua: (please verify) comic

Noun

comic (plural comics)

1. A comedian.

   She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.

2. A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
3. (Britain) A children's magazine.

Related terms

• comic book
• comic strip
• comics
• prop comic
• stand-up comic

Translations

comedian

Belarusian: ко́мік m (kómik) Bulgarian: ко́мик (bg) m (kómik) Catalan: còmic (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 喜劇演員／喜剧演员 (xǐjù yǎnyuán) Danish: komiker c Dutch: komiek (nl) m, humorist (nl) m Esperanto: komikisto Finnish: koomikko (fi) French: comédien (fr) m German: Komiker (de) m Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós) Hebrew: קומיקאי‎ (he) m (qomiqai), קומיקאית‎ f (qomiqait) Hungarian: komikus (hu), humorista (hu) Interlingua: comica f Italian: comico (it) m Macedonian: ко́мичар m (kómičar) Malay: pelawak (ms) Maori: kaiwhakakata Polish: komik (pl) m Portuguese: comediante (pt) m or f, humorista (pt) m or f Romanian: comic (ro) m, comedian (ro) m (rare), comediană (ro) f (rare) Russian: ко́мик (ru) m (kómik), эксце́нтрик (ru) m (ekscéntrik) Spanish: cómico (es) m, comediante m or f Turkmen: wäşi Ukrainian: ко́мік (uk) m (kómik)

cartoon story

Armenian: կոմիքս (hy) (komikʿs) Azerbaijani: komiks Basque: komiki Belarusian: ко́мікс m (kómiks) Bulgarian: ко́микс m (kómiks) Catalan: còmic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 漫畫／漫画 (zh) (mànhuà) Danish: tegneserie (da) c Dutch: strip (nl) m, stripboek (nl) n, stripverhaal (nl) n Esperanto: komikso Estonian: koomiks pl Finnish: sarjakuva (fi) French: bande dessinée (fr) f, BD (fr) f Georgian: კომიქსი (ḳomiksi) German: Bildergeschichte (de) f, Comic (de) m, Strip (de) m Hindi: कॉमिक्स (kŏmiks), कोमिक्स (komiks) Hungarian: képregény (hu) Indonesian: komik (id) Interlingua: banda designate Irish: greannán m Italian: fumetto (it) m, striscia (it) f Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), コミック (komikku), コミックス (komikkusu) Kazakh: комикс (komiks) Korean: 만화 (ko) (manhwa) Kyrgyz: комикс (ky) (komiks) Latvian: komikss m Lithuanian: komiksas m Macedonian: стрип m (strip) Malay: komik (ms) Maltese: strixxiklu m Maori: kōmeke Mongolian: комикс (komiks) Norwegian: tegneserie (no) m Persian: کمیک‎ (fa) (komik) Polish: komiks (pl) m Portuguese: cartum (pt) m, história em quadrinhos (pt) f, história de quadrinhos f, banda desenhada (pt) f, historinha f, gibi (pt) m Romanian: benzi desenate (ro) f pl Russian: ко́микс (ru) m (kómiks) Spanish: cómic (es) m, tebeo (es) m, historieta (es) f Tajik: комикс (komiks) Ukrainian: ко́мікс m (kómiks) Uzbek: komiks Vietnamese: truyện tranh (vi)

children's newspaper

Dutch: jeugdkrant, kinderkrant Italian: giornaletto (it) m, giornalino (it) m Maori: kōmeke Polish: komiks (pl) m

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Indonesian: (please verify) komik (id), (please verify) cergam (id), (please verify) cerita bergambar Interlingua: (please verify) comico

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Romanian

Etymology

From French comique, from Latin comicus.

Adjective

comic m or n (feminine singular comică, masculine plural comici, feminine and neuter plural comice)

1. comical

Declension

Declension of comic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	comic		comică	comici	comice
	definite	comicul		comica	comicii	comicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	comic		comice	comici	comice
	definite	comicului		comicei	comicilor	comicelor

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Spanish

Noun

comic m (plural comics)

1. Misspelling of cómic.