commedia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cōmoedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈmɛ.dja/
• Rhymes: -ɛdja
• Hyphenation: com‧mè‧dia

Noun

commedia f (plural commedie)

1. comedy, play
2. (figuratively) act, sham, playacting
3. (figuratively) farce, joke, comedy

Derived terms

• commediante
• commediografo

Further reading

• commedia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana