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.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• comedian
• comedy
• comical
• comicality
• comically
• comicalness
• comic cut
• comicness
• comiconomenclaturist
• comic opera
• comic relief
• comicry
• comic strip
• comic timing
• heroicomic
• noncomic
• semicomic
• tragicomic
• uncomic

Translations

being funny

• Bulgarian: смешен (bg) (smešen), комичен (bg) (komičen)
• Catalan: còmic (ca)
• Cornish: hwarthus
• Danish: komisk
• Dutch: grappig (nl), komisch (nl)
• Esperanto: komedia, komika
• Finnish: koominen (fi)
• French: comique (fr) m or f, cocasse (fr) m or f
• Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós)
• Hebrew: קומי (he) m (qomi)
• Hungarian: komikus (hu), tréfás (hu), mulatságos (hu), mulattató (hu)
• Irish: greannmhar
• Italian: comico (it)
• Macedonian: комичен m (komičen)
• Maori: hātakēhi, whakakata
• Persian: کمیک (fa) (komik)
• Polish: komiczny (pl), śmieszny (pl), zabawny (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: cômico (pt)

  European: cómico (pt)

• Romanian: comic (ro), haios (ro), amuzant (ro), caraghios (ro)
• Russian: коми́ческий (ru) (komíčeskij), смешно́й (ru) (smešnój), коми́чный (ru) (komíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: kòmičan (sh), smijéšan (sh)
• Spanish: cómico (es)

related to comedy

• Bulgarian: комичен (bg) (komičen), комедиен (komedien)
• Catalan: còmic (ca)
• Danish: komisk
• Dutch: komisch (nl)
• Esperanto: komedia, komika
• Finnish: koominen (fi), komedia- (fi)
• French: comique (fr) m or f
• Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós)

  Ancient: κωμικός (kōmikós)

• Hebrew: קומי (he) m (qomi)
• Hungarian: vígjátéki (hu), komédiai, vígjáték- (hu), komédia- (hu)
• Italian: comico (it)
• Macedonian: комедиски m (komediski), комичен m (komičen)
• Polish: komediowy (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: cômico (pt)

  European: cómico (pt)

• Romanian: comic (ro)
• Russian: комеди́йный (ru) (komedíjnyj)
• Turkmen: wäşi

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• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} comic

Noun

comic (plural comics)

2. A comedian.

   She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.

4. A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
5. (British) A children's magazine.

Derived terms

• comicana
• comic book
• comicdom
• comicsn
• comic strip
• comicverse
• film comic
• minicomic
• momic
• photocomic
• prop comic
• rage comic
• scienticomic
• scientificomic
• stand-up comic
• webcomic

Translations

comedian

• Belarusian: ко́мік m (kómik)
• Bulgarian: ко́мик (bg) m (kómik)
• Catalan: còmic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喜劇演員 / 喜剧演员 (xǐjù yǎnyuán)

• Danish: komiker c
• Dutch: komiek (nl) m, humorist (nl) m
• Esperanto: komikisto, bufono
• Estonian: koomik
• Finnish: koomikko (fi)
• French: comédien (fr) m
• German: Komiker (de) m
• Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós)
• Hebrew: קומיקאי (he) m (qomiqai), קומיקאית f (qomiqait)
• Hungarian: komikus (hu), humorista (hu)
• Interlingua: comica f
• Italian: comico (it) m
• Macedonian: ко́мичар m (kómičar)
• Malay: pelawak (ms)
• Maori: kaiwhakakata
• Polish: komik (pl) m
• Portuguese: comediante (pt) m or f, humorista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: comic (ro) m, comedian (ro) m (rare), comediană (ro) f (rare)
• Russian: ко́мик (ru) m (kómik), эксце́нтрик (ru) m (ekscéntrik)
• Spanish: cómico (es) m, comediante (es) m or f
• Turkmen: wäşi
• Ukrainian: ко́мік (uk) m (kómik)

cartoon story

• Armenian: կոմիքս (hy) (komikʻs)
• Azerbaijani: komiks
• Basque: komiki
• Belarusian: ко́мікс m (kómiks)
• Bulgarian: ко́микс (bg) m (kómiks)
• Catalan: còmic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漫畫 / 漫画 (zh) (mànhuà)

• Danish: tegneserie (da) c
• Dutch: strip (nl) m, stripboek (nl) n, stripverhaal (nl) n
• Esperanto: komikso
• Estonian: koomiks
• Finnish: sarjakuva (fi)
• French: bande dessinée (fr) f, BD (fr) f
• Georgian: კომიქსი (ḳomiksi)
• German: Bildergeschichte (de) f, Comic (de) m, Strip (de) m
• Hindi: कॉमिक्स (kŏmiks), कोमिक्स (komiks)
• Hungarian: képregény (hu)
• Indonesian: komik (id)
• Interlingua: banda designate
• Irish: greannán m
• Italian: fumetto (it) m, striscia (it) f
• Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), コミック (ja) (komikku), コミックス (ja) (komikkusu)
• Kazakh: комикс (komiks)
• Korean: 만화(漫畫) (ko) (manhwa), 코믹스 (komikseu)
• Kyrgyz: комикс (ky) (komiks)
• Latvian: komikss m
• Lithuanian: komiksas m
• Macedonian: стрип m (strip)
• Malay: komik (ms)
• Maltese: strixxiklu m
• Maori: kōmeke
• Mongolian: комикс (komiks)
• Norwegian: tegneserie (no) m
• Persian: کمیک (fa) (komik)
• Polish: komiks (pl) m
• Portuguese: cartum (pt) m, história em quadrinhos (pt) f, história de quadrinhos f, banda desenhada (pt) f, historinha f, gibi (pt) m
• Romanian: benzi desenate (ro) f pl
• Russian: ко́микс (ru) m (kómiks)
• Scottish Gaelic: pàipear-èibhinn m
• Spanish: cómic (es) m, tebeo (es) m, historieta (es) f, muñequito (es) m, muñequito (es) m pl, monitos m pl, comiquita (es) f, tira (es) f, cómica (es) f, cómicas (es) f pl, tebeo (es) m
• Tajik: комикс (komiks)
• Ukrainian: ко́мікс m (kómiks), мальо́пис m (malʹópys)
• Uzbek: komiks
• Vietnamese: truyện tranh (vi)

children's newspaper

• Dutch: jeugdkrant, kinderkrant
• Italian: giornaletto (it) m, giornalino (it) m
• Maori: kōmeke
• Polish: komiks (pl) m

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

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} komik (id), ^{(please verify)} cergam (id), ^{(please verify)} cerita bergambar
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} comico

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French comique, from Latin comicus.

Adjective

comic m or n (feminine singular comică, masculine plural comici, feminine and 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.