comique

See also: comiqué

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French comiquebor.

English comique

Borrowed from French comique.

Noun

comique (plural comiques)

1. (dated) A comic actor or singer.

Asturian

Verb

comique

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of comicar

French

Etymology

From Latin cōmicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mik/

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Homophone: comiques

Adjective

comique (plural comiques)

1. comic

   Synonyms: amusant, drôle, (colloquial) rigolo

   • 1674, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Art poétique:

     J'aime mieux Arioste et ses fables comiques
     Que ces auteurs, toujours froids et mélancoliques,
     Qui, dans leur sombre humeur, se croiraient faire affront
     Si les Grâces jamais leur déridaient le front.

     I would rather have Ariosto and his comic tales than those authors who are always frigid and miserable, who, being temperamentally gloomy, would think it an insult to themselves if the Graces ever unwrinkled their foreheads.

Derived terms

• comiquement
• héroï-comique
• opéra comique
• tragi-comique

Descendants

• → Dutch: komiek
• → German: komisch
• → Romanian: comic
• → Turkish: komik

Noun

comique m (plural comiques)

1. comedy

   Synonym: comédie

2. clown (person who acts silly)

   Synonym: bouffon

Derived terms

• comique de répétition
• comique de situation

Further reading

• “comique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012