comic

See also: Comic, cómic, còmic, and çomıç

English

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Wikipedia

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/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒmɪk, (General American) -ɑmɪk

Adjective

comic (comparative more comic, superlative most comic)

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

a comic stereotype
Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining. [from 16th c.]
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.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

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:
Brazilian: cômico (pt)

European: cómico (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 (hu), komédiai, vígjáték- (hu), komédia- (hu)
Italian: comico (it)
Macedonian: комедиски m (komediski), комичен m (komičen)
Polish: komediowy (pl)
Portuguese:
Brazilian: cômico (pt)

European: cómico (pt)
Romanian: comic (ro)
Russian: комеди́йный (ru) (komedíjnyj)
Turkmen: wäşi

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} comic

Noun

comic (plural comics)

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

Derived terms

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, bufono (eo)
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 (es) m or f
Turkmen: wäşi
Ukrainian: ко́мік (uk) m (kómik)

cartoon story

Armenian: կոմիքս (hy) (komikʻs)
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 (ja) (komikku), コミックス (komikkusu)
Kazakh: комикс (komiks)
Korean: 만화(漫畫) (ko) (manhwa), 코믹스 (komikseu)
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)
Scottish Gaelic: pàipear-èibhinn m
Spanish: cómic (es) m, tebeo (es) m, historieta (es) f
Tajik: комикс (komiks)
Ukrainian: ко́мікс m (kómiks), мальо́пис m (malʹópys)
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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French comique, from Latin comicus.

Adjective

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

comical

Declension

Declension of comic

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

Spanish

Noun

comic m (plural comics)

Misspelling of cómic.