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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English comedie , from Middle 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 , “ I sing ” ) . Doublet of commedia .
Pronunciation
Noun
comedy (countable and uncountable , plural comedies )
( countable , historical ) A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
( countable ) A light, amusing play with a happy ending.
( countable , Medieval Europe) A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy ).
( countable , drama ) A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone .
( drama ) The genre of such works.
( uncountable ) Entertainment composed of jokes , satire , or humorous performance .
Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
The art of composing comedy.
( countable ) A humorous event .
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of " light, humorous, or satirical work" ): drama ( in its narrower sense )
(antonym(s) of " light, humorous, or satirical work" ): tragedy
Hypernyms
( light, humorous, or satirical work ) : drama ( in its broader sense )
Hyponyms
( light, humorous, or satirical work ) : farce
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
→ Japanese: コメディ ( komedi )
→ Korean: 코미디 ( komidi )
Translations
a choric song of celebration or revel
a light, amusing play with a happy ending
(medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending
dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
Arabic: فُكَاهَة f ( fukāha ) , كُومِيدِيَا f ( kōmīdiyā ) , كُومِيدِيَا f ( kōmēdiyā )
Armenian: կատակերգություն (hy) ( katakergutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: komediya , gülməli əsər , məzhəkə
Belarusian: каме́дыя f ( kamjédyja )
Bulgarian: коме́дия (bg) f ( komédija )
Catalan: comèdia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喜劇 / 喜剧 (zh) ( xǐjù )
Crimean Tatar: komediya , mudhike
Czech: komedie (cs) f , veselohra (cs) f
Danish: komedie (da) c
Dutch: komedie (nl) f , blijspel (nl) n
Estonian: komöödia
Finnish: komedia (fi)
French: comédie (fr) f
Gagauz: komediya , güldürü
Galician: comedia f
Georgian: კომედია ( ḳomedia )
German: Komödie (de) f
Greek: κωμωδία (el) f ( komodía )
Ancient: κωμῳδία f ( kōmōidía )
Hebrew: קומדיה (he) f ( qomedia )
Hungarian: vígjáték (hu) , komédia (hu)
Icelandic: gamanleikrit n
Ido: komedio (io)
Indonesian: lawak (id) , humor (id)
Irish: coiméide f
Italian: commedia (it) f
Japanese: 喜劇 (ja) ( きげき , kigeki) , コメディ ( komedi )
Kashubian: kòmédiô f
Kazakh: комедия ( komediä )
Korean: 코미디 (ko) ( komidi ) , 희극(喜劇) (ko) ( huigeuk )
Kyrgyz: комедия ( komediya )
Latin: cōmoedia f
Latvian: komēdija f
Lithuanian: komedija f , juokažaislė f
Malayalam: തമാശ (ml) ( tamāśa )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: komedie (no) m
Nynorsk: komedie m
Occitan: comedia (oc) f
Ossetian: комеди ( komedi )
Ottoman Turkish: تقلید اویونی ( täqlid oyunu ) , تقلید اوینی ( täqlid oyunu ) , مضحكه ( muđhike )
Persian: کمدی (fa) ( komedi )
Polish: komedia (pl) f
Portuguese: comédia (pt) f
Romanian: comedie (ro) f
Russian: коме́дия (ru) f ( komédija )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̀ме̄дија f
Roman: kòmēdija (sh) f
Spanish: comedia (es) f
Sundanese: bodor
Swedish: komedi (sv)
Tagalog: katawanan
Tajik: мазҳака (tg) ( mazhaka )
Tatar: комедия ( qomediyä )
Turkish: komedi (tr)
Ukrainian: коме́дія (uk) f ( komédija )
Vietnamese: hài kịch (vi)
Volapük: fredadramat (vo)
Yiddish: קאָמעדיע f ( komedye )
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