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)

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

Derived terms

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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