slapstick

slapstick

See also: Slapstick and slap-stick

English

Alternative forms

• slap-stick

Etymology

slap +‎ stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.

Noun

slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)

1. (uncountable) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
2. (countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.

Synonyms

• physical comedy

Derived terms

• slapsticker
• slapstickery

Translations

physical comedy

Bulgarian: клоунада f (klounada), фарс (bg) m (fars) Finnish: slapstick (fi) French: pantalonnade (fr) f German: Slapstick (de) m Latin: motoria f Polish: slapstick (pl) m Portuguese: pastelão (pt) m Russian: буффона́да (ru) f (buffonáda), слэ́пстик (ru) m (slɛ́pstik)

pair of sticks

Catalan: fuet (ca) m Russian: колоту́шка (ru) f (kolotúška), хлопу́шка (ru) f (xlopúška)

Anagrams

• plasticks

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslæpstik/, [ˈs̠læps̠t̪ik]
• Syllabification^(key): slap‧stick

Noun

slapstick

1. slapstick (physical comedy)

Declension

Inflection of slapstick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		slapstick	slapstickit
genitive		slapstickin	slapstickien
partitive		slapstickiä	slapstickejä
illative		slapstickiin	slapstickeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		slapstick	slapstickit
accusative	nom.	slapstick	slapstickit
	gen.	slapstickin
genitive		slapstickin	slapstickien
partitive		slapstickiä	slapstickejä
inessive		slapstickissä	slapstickeissä
elative		slapstickistä	slapstickeistä
illative		slapstickiin	slapstickeihin
adessive		slapstickillä	slapstickeillä
ablative		slapstickiltä	slapstickeiltä
allative		slapstickille	slapstickeille
essive		slapstickinä	slapstickeinä
translative		slapstickiksi	slapstickeiksi
instructive		—	slapstickein
abessive		slapstickittä	slapstickeittä
comitative		—	slapstickeineen

Possessive forms of slapstick (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	slapstickini	slapstickimme
2nd person	slapstickisi	slapstickinne
3rd person	slapstickinsä

Compounds

• slapstickelokuva
• slapstickkomedia

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslap.stik/
• Rhymes: -apstik
• Syllabification: slap‧stick

Noun

slapstick m inan

1. (comedy) slapstick (physical comedy)

Declension

Declension of slapstick

	singular	plural
nominative	slapstick	slapsticki
genitive	slapsticku	slapsticków
dative	slapstickowi	slapstickom
accusative	slapstick	slapsticki
instrumental	slapstickiem	slapstickami
locative	slapsticku	slapstickach
vocative	slapsticku	slapsticki

Derived terms

adjectives

• slapstickowy
• slapstikowy

 

Further reading

• slapstick in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• slapstick in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Noun

slapstick m (uncountable)

1. slapstick