cartoon

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈtuːn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈtuːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology

From Italian cartone, augmentative of carta, from Latin carta.

Noun

A cartoon from the 13 December 1911 issue of the British satirical magazine Punch. It shows the Russian Bear sitting on the tail of the Persian Cat while the British Lion looks on, and represents a phase of The Great Game.

cartoon (plural cartoons)

1. (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
2. (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
3. (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.
4. (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

5. A diagram in a scientific concept.

Synonyms

• (humorous drawing or strip): comic strip, strip cartoon
• (satire of public figures): caricature, political cartoon

Related terms

• cartoonist
• comic book
• funnies
• funny papers
• funny pages
• strip cartoon

Translations

humorous drawing or strip

• Afrikaans: spotprent
• Arabic: كاريكاتير m (karikatiir), كاريكاتور m (karikatuur), رسم هزلي m (rasm hazliy)
• Catalan: tira còmica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡通 (zh) (kǎtōng), 諷刺畫, 讽刺画 (zh) (fěngcìhuà), 漫畫 (zh), 漫画 (zh) (mànhuà)

• Danish: tegneserie c
• Finnish: pilakuva (single-frame), sarjakuva (fi) (strip)
• French: bande dessinée (fr), BD (fr), caricature (fr) f
• German: Karton (de) m, Karikatur (de) f, Cartoon (de) m, n
• Japanese: 風刺画 (ふうしが, fūshiga), 戯画 (ぎが, giga), 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga)
• Korean: 만화 (ko) (manhwa) (漫畫)

• Luxembourgish: Cartoon
• Macedonian: стрип m (strip), карикатура f (karikatúra)
• Maori: pakiwaitara
• Persian: کارتون (fa) (kârtun)
• Polish: komiks (pl) m, historyjka obrazkowa f
• Portuguese: caricatura (pt) f, charge (pt)
• Russian: комикс (ru) m (kómiks), карикатура (ru) f (karikatúra), шарж (ru) m (šarž)
• Slovak: komiks m
• Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo
• Spanish: chiste (es) m, tira cómica (es) f
• Thai: การ์ตูน (th) (gaadtoon)
• Vietnamese: mạn họa (漫畫)

satire of public figures

• Afrikaans: spotprent
• Catalan: caricatura f
• Czech: karikatura f
• Danish: karikaturtegning c
• Finnish: pilapiirros, pilakuva
• Luxembourgish: Cartoon
• Macedonian: карикатура f (karikatúra)

• Polish: karykatura (pl) f
• Portuguese: charge (pt), cartum (pt) m
• Romanian: caricatură (ro) f
• Russian: карикатура (ru) f (karikatúra)
• Slovak: karikatúra f
• Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo
• Spanish: caricatura (es) f

artist's preliminary sketch

• Catalan: cartó m
• Finnish: luonnos (fi)
• Macedonian: скица f (skíca)
• Polish: szkic (pl) m

• Portuguese: desenho (pt) m
• Romanian: desen (ro) n
• Slovak: náčrt m, skica f
• Spanish: boceto (es) m

animated cartoon

• Afrikaans: tekenprent
• Arabic: كرتون m (kartuun), فيلم كرتون m (film kartuun)
• Bashkir: йәнһүрәт (yänhürät)
• Catalan: dibuixos animats (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動畫 动画 (zh) (dònghuà), 動畫片 动画片 (zh) (dònghuàpiàn), 卡通 (zh) (kǎtōng)

• Danish: tegnefilm (da) c
• Dutch: tekenfilm (nl) m
• Finnish: piirrosfilmi (fi), piirretty, piirrossarja, piirroselokuva (fi)
• French: dessin animé (fr)
• German: Zeichentrickfilm (de) m, Cartoon (de) m, Zeichentrick (de) m
• Hindi: कार्टून f (kārṭūn)
• Hungarian: rajzfilm (hu)
• Italian: cartone animato m
• Japanese: カートゥーン (kātūn), アニメーション (ja) (animēshon), アニメ (anime)
• Jèrriais: annînmâtion f
• Korean: 애니메이션 (ko) (aenimeisyeon)
• Luxembourgish: Zeechentrickfilm

• Macedonian: цртан филм m (c'rtan film)
• Malay: kartun
• Maori: pakiwaitara, pakiwaituhi
• Persian: کارتون (fa) (kârtun)
• Polish: kreskówka (pl) f, film rysunkowy m
• Portuguese: desenho animado (pt) m
• Romanian: desen (ro) n, desen animat (ro) n
• Russian: мультипликационный фильм (ru) m (mulʹtiplikacionnyj filʹm) (mul’tiplikatsiónnyj fil’m), мультфильм (ru) m (mulʹtfilʹm) (mul’tfíl’m), анимационный фильм m (animacionnyj filʹm) (animatsiónnyj fil’m), му́льтик (ru) m (múlʹtik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цртани филм m

  Roman: crtani film m

• Slovak: kreslený film m
• Spanish: dibujos animados m pl, monos animados m pl
• Thai: การ์ตูน (th) (gaa-dtoon), ภาพยนตร์การ์ตูน (pâap-pá-yon gaa-dtoon)
• Vietnamese: phim hoạt họa

diagram in a scientific concept

• Afrikaans: tekening
• Danish: tegning (da)

• Finnish: kaavio (fi)
• Spanish: diagrama (es)

Verb

cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons, present participle cartooning, simple past and past participle cartooned)

1. (art, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon.

Anagrams

• coranto

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Portuguese

Noun

cartoon m (plural cartoons)

1. alternative form of cartune