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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɪk/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒmɪk

Adjective

comic (comparative more comic, superlative most comic)

1. Funny; amusing; comical.
2. Relating to comedy.

   comic genius

   a comic stereotype

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• comedian
• comical
• comicality
• comically
• comicalness
• comic strip

Translations

being funny

• Bulgarian: смешен (bg) (smešen), комичен (bg) (komičen)
• Catalan: còmic (ca)
• Danish: komisk
• Dutch: grappig (nl), komisch (nl)
• Finnish: koominen (fi)
• French: comique (fr) m or f, cocasse (fr) m or f
• Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós)
• Hebrew: קומי m (qomi)
• Irish: greannmhar
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• Italian: comico (it)
• Macedonian: комичен m (komičen)
• Maori: hātakēhi, whakakata
• Persian: کمیک (fa) (komik)
• Portuguese: cômico (pt) (Brazil), cómico (pt) (Portugal), engraçado (pt), divertido (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)

related to comedy

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

  Ancient: κωμικός (kōmikós)

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• Hebrew: קומי m (qomi)
• Italian: comico (it)
• Macedonian: комедиски m (komediski), комичен m (komičen)
• Portuguese: cômico (pt) (Brazil), cómico (pt) (Portugal)
• Romanian: comic (ro)
• Russian: комеди́йный (ru) (komedíjnyj)
• Turkmen: wäşi

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• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} comic
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Noun

comic (plural comics)

1. A comedian.
2. A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
3. (British) A children's newspaper.

Related terms

• comic book
• comic strip
• comics

Translations

comedian

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

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

• Danish: komiker c
• Dutch: komiek (nl) m, humorist (nl) m
• Finnish: koomikko (fi)
• French: comédien (fr) m
• Greek: κωμικός (el) m (komikós)
• Hebrew: קומיקאי (he) m (qomiqai), קומיקאית f (qomiqait)
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• Interlingua: comica f
• Italian: comico (it) m
• Macedonian: ко́мичар m (kómičar)
• Malay: pelawak
• 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)
• Turkmen: wäşi

cartoon story

• Basque: komiki
• Bulgarian: ко́микс m (kómiks)
• Catalan: còmic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漫畫／漫画 (zh) (mànhuà), 漫画 (zh) (mànhuà)

• Danish: tegneserie (da) c
• Dutch: strip (nl) m, stripboek (nl) n, stripverhaal (nl) n
• Estonian: koomiks pl
• Finnish: sarjakuva (fi)
• French: bande dessinée (fr) f, BD (fr) f
• German: Bildergeschichte (de) f
• Hungarian: képregény (hu)
• Indonesian: komik (id)
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• Interlingua: banda designate
• Irish: greannán m
• Italian: fumetto (it) m, striscia (it) f
• Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga)
• Korean: 만화 (ko) (manhwa)
• Macedonian: стрип m (strip)
• Malay: komik
• Maltese: strixxiklu m
• Maori: kōmeke
• Norwegian: tegneserie (no) m
• 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)
• Spanish: cómic (es) m, tebeo (es) m, historieta (es) f

children's newspaper

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

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

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Spanish

Noun

comic m (plural comics)

1. Misspelling of cómic.