cartoon
See also: Cartoon
English
Etymology
In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /kɑɹˈtuːn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑːˈtuːn/
- Rhymes: -uːn
Noun
![](Images/wiktionary/As_Between_Friends_(Punch_magazine%252C_13_December_1911).jpg.webp)
A cartoon from the 13 December 1911 issue of the British satirical magazine Punch. It shows the Russian Bear sitting on the tail of the Persian Cat while the British Lion looks on, and represents a phase of The Great Game.
cartoon (plural cartoons)
- (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
- (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
- (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.
- (art) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
- (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- A diagram in a scientific concept.
Synonyms
- (humorous drawing or strip): comic strip, strip cartoon
- (satire of public figures): caricature, political cartoon
- (animated piece of film): animated cartoon, animation
Derived terms
- animated cartoon
- cartoon character
- cartoonery
- cartooney
- cartoonish
- cartoonist
- cartoonistic
- cartoonlike
- cartoon physics
- cartoony
- editorial cartoon
- pocket cartoon
- political cartoon
- Saturday-morning cartoon
- strip cartoon
Related terms
- cartoonist
- comic book
- funnies
- funny pages
- funny papers
- strip cartoon
Descendants
- → Swahili: katuni
Translations
humorous drawing or strip
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satire of public figures
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artist's preliminary sketch
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animated cartoon
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diagram in a scientific concept
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Verb
cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons, present participle cartooning, simple past and past participle cartooned)
- (art, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
- (art) To make a preliminary sketch.
Anagrams
- coranto
French
Noun
cartoon m (plural cartoons)
- cartoon
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cartoon.
Noun
cartoon m (plural cartoons)
- Alternative form of cartune