comédie
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See also: comedie
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French comedie, 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, “to sing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
comédie f (plural comédies)
- comedy (genre of theatre, film, television etc.)
- Synonym: comique
- acting, playacting
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Further reading
- “comédie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.