tragicomic
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmɪk/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒmɪk, (General American) -ɑmɪk
Adjective
[edit]tragicomic (comparative more tragicomic, superlative most tragicomic)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy; having both tragic and comic aspects.
- Synonyms: comicotragic, comicotragical, jocoserious
- Coordinate term: tragicofarcical
- 2009 April 12, Robert D. McFadden, Scott Shane, “In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates”, in The New York Times, page A1:
- The pirates threatened to kill Captain Phillips if attacked, and the result was tragicomic: the world’s most powerful navy vs. a lifeboat.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French tragi-comique.
Adjective
[edit]tragicomic m or n (feminine singular tragicomică, masculine plural tragicomici, feminine/neuter plural tragicomice)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | tragicomic | tragicomică | tragicomici | tragicomice | ||
| definite | tragicomicul | tragicomica | tragicomicii | tragicomicele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | tragicomic | tragicomice | tragicomici | tragicomice | ||
| definite | tragicomicului | tragicomicei | tragicomicilor | tragicomicelor | |||
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