comédie
See also: comedie
French
Alternative forms
- comœdie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + either ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) or ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”), both from ἀείδω (aeídō, “I sing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.me.di/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -i
- Homophone: comédies
Noun
comédie f (plural comédies)
- comedy (genre of theatre, film, television etc.)
- acting, playacting
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Related terms
Further reading
- “comédie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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