cartoon

See also: Cartoon

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus”).

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. (arts) 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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• animated cartoon
• cartoon character
• cartooney
• cartoonish

• cartoonist
• cartoonistic
• cartoonlike
• cartoony

• editorial cartoon
• pocket cartoon
• political cartoon
• strip cartoon

Related terms

Terms related to cartoon

• cartoonist
• comic book

• funnies
• funny pages

• funny papers
• strip cartoon

Translations

humorous drawing or strip

• Afrikaans: spotprent (af)
• Arabic: كَارِيكَاتِير‎ m (karikatīr), كَارِيكَاتُور‎ m (karikatūr), رَسْم هَزْلِيّ‎ m (rasm hazliyy)
• Catalan: vinyeta (ca) f, tira còmica f
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: tegneserie (da) c
• Finnish: pilakuva (fi) (single-frame), sarjakuva (fi) (strip)
• French: bande dessinée (fr), BD (fr), caricature (fr) f
• Galician: tira cómica f
• German: Karton (de) m, Karikatur (de) f, Cartoon (de) m, n
• Ido: kartuno
• 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: ко́микс (ru) m (kómiks), карикату́ра (ru) f (karikatúra), шарж (ru) m (šarž)
• Slovak: komiks m
• Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo
• Spanish: viñeta (es) f, tira cómica (es) f
• Tagalog: tawo-tawo
• Thai: การ์ตูน (th) (gaa-dtuun)

satire of public figures

• Afrikaans: spotprent (af)
• Catalan: caricatura f
• Czech: karikatura f
• Danish: karikaturtegning c
• Finnish: pilapiirros (fi), pilakuva (fi)
• Galician: caricatura f
• Luxembourgish: Cartoon
• Macedonian: карикатура f (karikatúra)
• Polish: karykatura (pl) f

• Portuguese: charge (pt), cartum (pt) m
• Romanian: caricatură (ro) f
• Russian: карикату́ра (ru) f (karikatúra)
• Slovak: karikatúra f
• Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo
• Spanish: caricatura (es) f
• Tagalog: tawo-tawo
• Vietnamese: tranh biếm hoạ

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: كَرْتُون‎ m (kartūn), فِيلْم كَرْتُون‎ m (film kartūn)

  Hijazi Arabic: كَرْتون‎ m (kartōn), فِلِم كَرْتون‎ m (filim kartōn)

• Bashkir: йәнһүрәт (yänhürät)
• Catalan: dibuixos animats (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 卡通 (kaa¹ tung¹)

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

• Danish: tegnefilm (da) c
• Dutch: tekenfilm (nl) m
• Finnish: piirrosfilmi (fi), piirretty (fi), piirrossarja, piirroselokuva (fi)
• French: dessin animé (fr)
• Georgian: მულტფილმი (mulṭpilmi), მულტიპლიკაციური ფილმი (mulṭiṗliḳaciuri pilmi), ანიმაცია (animacia), ანიმაციური ფილმი (animaciuri pilmi)
• German: Zeichentrickfilm (de) m, Cartoon (de) m, Zeichentrick (de) m
• Greek: κινούμενα σχέδια (el) n pl (kinoúmena schédia)
• Hindi: कार्टून f (kārṭūn)
• Hungarian: rajzfilm (hu)
• Italian: cartone animato (it) m
• Japanese: カートゥーン (kātūn), アニメーション (ja) (animēshon), アニメ (ja) (anime)
• Korean: 애니메이션 (ko) (aenimeisyeon)

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

  Cyrillic: цртани филм m

  Roman: crtani film (sh) m

• Slovak: kreslený film m
• Spanish: dibujos animados m pl, monos animados m pl, dibujitos (es) m pl, caricaturas (es) f pl
• Swahili: katuni class 9/10
• Swedish: tecknat (sv), tecknad serie (sv) c
• Tagalog: tawo-tawo
• Thai: การ์ตูน (th) (gaa-dtuun), 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. (arts, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
2. (arts) To make a preliminary sketch.

Anagrams

• coranto

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Portuguese

Noun

cartoon m (plural cartoons)

1. Alternative form of cartune