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/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒmɪk

Adjective

comic (comparative more comic, superlative most comic)

Funny; amusing; comical.
Relating to comedy.
comic genius

a comic stereotype

Synonyms

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

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Translations

being funny

Bulgarian: смешен (bg) (smešen), комичен (bg) (komičen)
Catalan: còmic (ca)
Danish: komisk
Dutch: grappig (nl), komisch (nl)
Finnish: koominen (fi)
French: comique (fr) m or f, cocasse (fr) m or f
Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós)
Hebrew: קומי‎ m (qomi)
Irish: greannmhar

Italian: comico (it)
Macedonian: комичен m (komičen)
Maori: hātakēhi, whakakata
Persian: کمیک‎ (fa) (komik)
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)

related to comedy

Bulgarian: комичен (bg) (komičen), комедиен (komedien)
Catalan: còmic (ca)
Danish: komisk
Dutch: komisch (nl)
Finnish: koominen (fi), komedia- (fi)
French: comique (fr) m or f
Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós)

Hebrew: קומי‎ m (qomi)
Italian: comico (it)
Macedonian: комедиски m (komediski), комичен m (komičen)
Portuguese: cômico (pt) (Brazil), cómico (pt) (Portugal)
Romanian: comic (ro)
Russian: комеди́йный (ru) (komedíjnyj)

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} comic

Noun

comic (plural comics)

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

Related terms

Translations

comedian

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
Finnish: koomikko (fi)
French: comédien (fr) m
Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós)
Hebrew: קומיקאי‎ (he) m (qomiqai), קומיקאית‎ f (qomiqait)

Interlingua: comica f
Italian: comico (it) m
Macedonian: ко́мичар m (kómičar)
Malay: pelawak
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)

cartoon story

Basque: komiki
Bulgarian: ко́микс m (kómiks)
Catalan: còmic (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 漫畫 (zh), 漫画 (zh) (mànhuà)
Danish: tegneserie (da) c
Dutch: strip (nl) m, stripboek (nl) n, stripverhaal (nl) n
Estonian: koomiks pl
Finnish: sarjakuva (fi)
French: bande dessinée (fr) f, BD (fr) f
German: Bildergeschichte (de) f
Indonesian: komik (id)
Interlingua: banda designate

Irish: greannán m
Italian: fumetto (it) m, striscia (it) f
Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga)
Korean: 만화 (ko) (manhwa)
Macedonian: стрип m (strip)
Malay: komik
Maori: kōmeke
Norwegian: tegneserie (no) m
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

children's newspaper

Dutch: jeugdkrant, kinderkrant
Italian: giornaletto (it) m, giornalino (it) m

Maori: kōmeke

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Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} komik (id), ^{(please verify)} cergam (id), ^{(please verify)} cerita bergambar

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} comico

Spanish

Noun

comic m (plural comics)

comic, comic book

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