comedy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒm.ə.di/
ipa: /ˈkɑ.mə.di/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɔm(ə)ɖi/
Forms: form: comedies
form: comedie
form: comœdie
form: comœdy
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.
Senses: glosses: a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
examples: text: A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.
glosses: a light, amusing play with a happy ending
glosses: a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
topics: broadcasting
drama
dramaturgy
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
topics: broadcasting
drama
dramaturgy
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: the genre of such works
examples: text: Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
glosses: entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
glosses: the art of composing comedy
glosses: a humorous event
Hypernyms: sense: light, humorous, or satirical work
english: in its broader sense
translation: in its broader sense
word: drama
Hyponyms: sense: light, humorous, or satirical work
word: farce
Derived terms: word: anticomedy
word: comedian
word: comedic
word: comedically
word: comedy breasts
word: comedy drama
word: docucomedy
word: dramedy
word: high comedy
word: metacomedy
word: musical comedy
word: noncomedy
word: romedy
word: sentimental comedy
word: telecomedy
word: warmedy
word: zomedy
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word: comedy and tragedy
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word: comedy duo
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word: comedy equals tragedy plus time
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word: comedy gold
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word: comedy mask
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word: comedy of errors
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word: comedy of manners
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word: black comedy
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word: cringe comedy
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word: Ealing comedy
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word: improvisational comedy
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word: observational comedy
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word: physical comedy
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word: prop comedy
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word: romantic comedy
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word: screwball comedy
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word: sex comedy
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word: situation comedy
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english: or sit-com
translation: or sit-com
word: sitcom
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word: stand-up comedy
Related terms: comic
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