kómedía

See also: komedia, komédia, and komedią

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + either ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) or ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”), both from ἀείδω (aeídō, “I sing”).

Noun

kómedía f (genitive singular kómedíu, nominative plural kómedíur)

1. comedy

   Synonym: gamanleikur

Further reading

• “kómedía” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)