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.]
    • 1954, Canadian Saturday Night: A Magazine of Business & National Affairs:
      There is a quartet of comic musicians, who perform on instruments of an inconceivable bassness […]
  3. Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous. [from 17th c.]
    • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 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.
  4. Of or relating to comics or sequential art.

Synonyms

Translations

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Noun

comic (plural comics)

  2. A comedian.
    She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.
  4. A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a comic book.
  5. (UK) A children's magazine.

Derived terms

Translations

cartoon story — see also comic book
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Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Hellenic *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós)bor.
Latin comicus
French comiquebor.
Romanian comic

    Borrowed from French comique, from Latin comicus.

    Adjective

    comic m or n (feminine singular comică, masculine plural comici, feminine/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

    Spanish

    Noun

    comic m (plural comics)

    1. misspelling of cómic

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From English comic.

    Noun

    comic c

    1. comics, comic strip
      Synonyms: serie, tecknad serie

    Usage notes

    Has found some usage, particularly among younger speakers, since the native coinage serier would often refer to TV series (or streaming, web etc.), despite uncertainties about the declension.

    Declension

    Declension of comic
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite comic comics
    definite comicen comicens
    plural indefinite comics comics
    definite comicsen comicsens
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