# sitcom
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɪtˌkɒm/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈsɪtˌkɑm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Etymology 1

Shortening of situation comedy.

#### Noun

sitcom (plural sitcoms)
* Situation comedy.
    Coordinate terms: romcom, sadcom

##### Alternative forms

* sit-com, sit com

##### Hypernyms

* comedy

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sitcom (plural sitcoms)
* Acronym of single income, two children, oppressive/outrageous mortgage.
** 1992, Earl G. Hunt, Jr., Recovering the Sacred: Papers From the Sanctuary and the Academy, Jonathan Creek Press, →ISBN, page 254:"Today we have Grumps (grim, ruthless, upwardly mobile professionals), Dinks (those with dual-income, no kids), Sitcoms (those with single-income, two children, outrageous mortgages); and, just to recognize the graying populace in this country, Opals (older people with active lifestyles)."
** 1993, Daniel Moreau, Kiplinger's Facing Forty: How to Deal Successfully with the Changes in Your Life, Kiplinger Books, →ISBN, page 7:"There are MINKs (multiple income, no kids) and what may be the acronym of the '90s, SITCOMs (single income, two children, outrageous mortgage)."
** 2003, Judith Sealander, The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12:"By the end of the 1990s, in some circles, parents had become SITCOMS (single income, two children, oppressive mortgage) and those without children were THINKERS (two healthy incomes, no kids, early retirement)."

##### Alternative forms

* SITCOM

### Anagrams

* Tomics

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English sitcom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsitkom/, [ˈs̠it̪ko̞m]
* Rhymes: -itkom

### Noun

sitcom (rare)
* Synonym of tilannekomedia.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of sitcom (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sitcomini
sitcomini
accusative
nom.
sitcomini
sitcomini
gen.
sitcomini
genitive
sitcomini
sitcomieni
partitive
sitcomiani
sitcomejani
inessive
sitcomissani
sitcomeissani
elative
sitcomistani
sitcomeistani
illative
sitcomiini
sitcomeihini
adessive
sitcomillani
sitcomeillani
ablative
sitcomiltani
sitcomeiltani
allative
sitcomilleni
sitcomeilleni
essive
sitcominani
sitcomeinani
translative
sitcomikseni
sitcomeikseni
abessive
sitcomittani
sitcomeittani
instructive
comitative
—sitcomeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sitcomisi
sitcomisi
accusative
nom.
sitcomisi
sitcomisi
gen.
sitcomisi
genitive
sitcomisi
sitcomiesi
partitive
sitcomiasi
sitcomejasi
inessive
sitcomissasi
sitcomeissasi
elative
sitcomistasi
sitcomeistasi
illative
sitcomiisi
sitcomeihisi
adessive
sitcomillasi
sitcomeillasi
ablative
sitcomiltasi
sitcomeiltasi
allative
sitcomillesi
sitcomeillesi
essive
sitcominasi
sitcomeinasi
translative
sitcomiksesi
sitcomeiksesi
abessive
sitcomittasi
sitcomeittasi
instructive
comitative
—sitcomeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sitcomimme
sitcomimme
accusative
nom.
sitcomimme
sitcomimme
gen.
sitcomimme
genitive
sitcomimme
sitcomiemme
partitive
sitcomiamme
sitcomejamme
inessive
sitcomissamme
sitcomeissamme
elative
sitcomistamme
sitcomeistamme
illative
sitcomiimme
sitcomeihimme
adessive
sitcomillamme
sitcomeillamme
ablative
sitcomiltamme
sitcomeiltamme
allative
sitcomillemme
sitcomeillemme
essive
sitcominamme
sitcomeinamme
translative
sitcomiksemme
sitcomeiksemme
abessive
sitcomittamme
sitcomeittamme
instructive
comitative
—sitcomeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sitcominne
sitcominne
accusative
nom.
sitcominne
sitcominne
gen.
sitcominne
genitive
sitcominne
sitcomienne
partitive
sitcomianne
sitcomejanne
inessive
sitcomissanne
sitcomeissanne
elative
sitcomistanne
sitcomeistanne
illative
sitcomiinne
sitcomeihinne
adessive
sitcomillanne
sitcomeillanne
ablative
sitcomiltanne
sitcomeiltanne
allative
sitcomillenne
sitcomeillenne
essive
sitcominanne
sitcomeinanne
translative
sitcomiksenne
sitcomeiksenne
abessive
sitcomittanne
sitcomeittanne
instructive
comitative
—sitcomeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sitcominsa
sitcominsa
accusative
nom.
sitcominsa
sitcominsa
gen.
sitcominsa
genitive
sitcominsa
sitcomiensa
partitive
sitcomiaan sitcomiansa
sitcomejaan sitcomejansa
inessive
sitcomissaan sitcomissansa
sitcomeissaan sitcomeissansa
elative
sitcomistaan sitcomistansa
sitcomeistaan sitcomeistansa
illative
sitcomiinsa
sitcomeihinsa
adessive
sitcomillaan sitcomillansa
sitcomeillaan sitcomeillansa
ablative
sitcomiltaan sitcomiltansa
sitcomeiltaan sitcomeiltansa
allative
sitcomilleen sitcomillensa
sitcomeilleen sitcomeillensa
essive
sitcominaan sitcominansa
sitcomeinaan sitcomeinansa
translative
sitcomikseen sitcomiksensa
sitcomeikseen sitcomeiksensa
abessive
sitcomittaan sitcomittansa
sitcomeittaan sitcomeittansa
instructive
comitative
—sitcomeineen sitcomeinensa :

### Further reading

* “sitcom”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sitcom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sit.kɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sitcom m (plural sitcoms)
* sitcom

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sitcom.

### Noun

sitcom f (invariable)
* sitcom (situation-comedy)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sitcom.

### Noun

sitcom (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural sitcoms)
* sitcom; situation comedy
    Synonym: comédia de situação

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sitcom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sidˈkom/ [sið̞ˈkõm]
* Rhymes: -om
* Syllabification: sit‧com

### Noun

sitcom m (plural sitcoms)
* sitcom