comic

See also: Comic, cómic, còmic, and çomıç

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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

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

Related terms

• comedian
• comedy
• comical
• comicality
• comically
• comicalness
• comic cut
• comicness
• comiconomenclaturist
• comic opera
• comic relief
• comicry
• comic strip
• comic timing
• heroicomic
• noncomic
• semicomic
• tragicomic
• uncomic

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) Spanish: cómico (es) Turkmen: wäşi

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Interlingua: (please verify) comic

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 graphic novel.
5. (British) A children's magazine.

Derived terms

• comic-adjacent
• comicana
• comic book
• comicdom
• comics
• comic strip
• comicverse
• film comic
• minicomic
• momic
• photocomic
• prop comic
• rage comic
• scienticomic
• scientificomic
• sprite comic
• stand-up comic
• webcomic

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 Estonian: koomik Finnish: koomikko (fi) French: comédien (fr) m German: Komiker (de) m Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós) Hawaiian: please add this translation if you can 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 — see also comic book

Arabic: قِصَّة مُصَوَّرَة f (qiṣṣa muṣawwara), كُومِيك m (kūmīk), كِتَاب رُسُوم m (kitāb rusūm), هَزْلِيَّة f (hazliyya) Armenian: կոմիքս (hy) (komikʻs) Azerbaijani: komiks Basque: komiki Belarusian: ко́мікс m (kómiks) Bulgarian: ко́микс (bg) m (kómiks) Catalan: còmic (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 漫畫 / 漫画 (maan6 waa6-2) 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 Finnish: sarjakuva (fi) French: bande dessinée (fr) f, BD (fr) f Georgian: კომიქსი (ḳomiksi) German: Bildergeschichte (de) f, Comic (de) m, Strip (de) m Hawaiian: please add this translation if you can 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 (ja) (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: Cyrillic: комикс (komiks) Norwegian: Bokmål: tegneserie (no) m Persian: Iranian Persian: کُمیک (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, muñequito (es) m, muñequito (es) m pl, monitos m pl, comiquita (es) f, tira (es) f, cómica (es) f, cómicas (es) f pl Tajik: комикс (komiks) Ukrainian: ко́мікс m (kómiks), мальо́пис m (malʹópys) Uzbek: komiks Vietnamese: truyện tranh (vi)

children's newspaper

Dutch: jeugdkrant, kinderkrant (nl) 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/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