comical

English

Etymology

comic +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɪkəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmɪkəl/

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Adjective

comical (comparative more comical, superlative most comical)

1. (archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.

   It was a comical performance.

2. Funny, whimsically amusing.

   The tutor excelled in comical scoldings.

3. Laughable; ridiculous.

   He's just put salt in his tea instead of sugar. What a comical error!

   • 2016 January 30, "Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination," The New York Times (retrieved 30 January 2016):

     Mr. Sanders has scored some rhetorical points against Mrs. Clinton for her longstanding ties to Wall Street, but she has responded well, and it would be comical to watch any of the Republican candidates try to make that case, given that they are all virtually tied to, or actually part of, the business establishment.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• comicality
• comically

Translations

relating to comedy

• Bulgarian: комичен (bg) (komičen)
• German: komödisch, komödial, komisch (de)
• Hebrew: קומי (he) m (kómi)
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• Latvian: komisks, komēdijas
• Portuguese: cómico (pt) (Portugal), cômico (pt) (Brazil)

being funny, whimsically amusing

• Belarusian: сме́шны (smjéšny)
• Bulgarian: смешен (bg) (smešen), забавен (bg) (zabaven)
• Dutch: grappig (nl), komisch (nl), amusant (nl)
• Finnish: huvittava (fi), koominen (fi)
• German: komisch (de), lustig (de)
• Hebrew: קומי (he) m (kómi), מצחיק m (matskhík)
• Latvian: komisks, jocīgs, smieklīgs, humoristisks
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: komisk (no)

  Nynorsk: komisk

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• Polish: śmieszny (pl)
• Portuguese: cómico (pt) (Portugal), cômico (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: смешно́й (ru) (smešnój)
• Spanish: cómico (es)
• Ukrainian: смішни́й (smišnýj)
• Welsh: digrif (cy)
• Yiddish: קאָמיש (komish)

being laughable, ridiculous

• Bulgarian: шеговит (bg) (šegovit), чудат (bg) (čudat)
• Dutch: komisch (nl), lachwekkend (nl), hilarisch (nl)
• Finnish: huvittava (fi), naurettava (fi)
• German: komisch (de), lächerlich (de)
• Hebrew: מגוחך (he) m (megukhákh)
• Irish: barrúil
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• Norman: risibl'ye
• Portuguese: cómico (pt) (Portugal), cômico (pt) (Brazil)
• Scottish Gaelic: èibhinn, àbhachdach
• Spanish: cómico (es)
• Yiddish: קאָמיש (komish)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} komika (1,2), ^{(please verify)} amuza (1), ^{(please verify)} ridiga (2)
• French: ^{(please verify)} comique (fr) (1,2)
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• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} comic (1,2)

See also

• comic

Anagrams

• Climaco