cartoon
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: art
arts
comics
literature
media
publishing
Etymology: In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card.
Inflected forms:
form: cartoons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cartoons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cartooning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cartooned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cartooned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
pos: noun
gloss: A drawing satirising current public figures.
pos: noun
examples: The newspaper published a political cartoon mocking the mayor.
gloss: An artist's preliminary sketch.
pos: noun
gloss: A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
pos: noun
examples: The children watched a funny cartoon on TV.
gloss: A cartoon series.
pos: noun
examples: 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
gloss: A diagram in a scientific concept.
pos: noun
gloss: To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
pos: verb
gloss: To make a preliminary sketch.
pos: verb
Related words: cartoonist
comic book
funnies
funny pages
funny papers
strip cartoon
Derived words: animated cartoon
cartoon character
cartooner
cartoonery
cartoonesque
cartooney
cartoonish
cartoonist
cartoonistic
cartoonlike
cartoon physics
cartoony
editorial cartoon
pocket cartoon
political cartoon
Saturday-morning cartoon
spokestoon
strip cartoon
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: tekenprent
lang: Albanian
word: film vizatimor
lang: Albanian
word: kartonë
lang: Albanian
word: film me kartonë
lang: Arabic
word: كَرْتُون
roman: kartūn
lang: Arabic
word: فِيلْم كَرْتُون
roman: film kartūn
lang: Arabic
word: كَرْتون
roman: kartōn
lang: Arabic
word: فِلِم كَرْتون
roman: filim kartōn
lang: Azerbaijani
word: cizgi film
lang: Bashkir
word: йәнһүрәт
roman: yənhürət
lang: Belarusian
word: мультыплікацы́йны фільм
roman: mulʹtyplikacýjny filʹm
lang: Belarusian
word: мультфі́льм
roman: mulʹtfílʹm
lang: Bulgarian
word: мултиплика́ция
roman: multiplikácija
lang: Catalan
word: dibuixos animats
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 卡通
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 卡通片
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 動畫 /动画
roman: dònghuà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 動畫片 /动画片
roman: dònghuàpiàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 卡通
roman: kǎtōng
lang: Danish
word: tegnefilm
lang: Dutch
word: tekenfilm
lang: Esperanto
word: animaciaĵo
lang: Esperanto
word: animaciita desegno
lang: Finnish
word: piirrosfilmi
lang: Finnish
word: piirretty
lang: Finnish
word: piirrossarja
lang: Finnish
word: piirroselokuva
lang: French
word: dessin animé
lang: Georgian
word: მულტფილმი
roman: mulṭpilmi
lang: Georgian
word: მულტიპლიკაციური ფილმი
roman: mulṭiṗliḳaciuri pilmi
lang: Georgian
word: ანიმაცია
roman: animacia
lang: Georgian
word: ანიმაციური ფილმი
roman: animaciuri pilmi
lang: German
word: Zeichentrickfilm
lang: German
word: Cartoon
lang: German
word: Zeichentrick
lang: Greek
word: κινούμενο σχέδιο
roman: kinoúmeno schédio
lang: Greek
word: κινούμενα σχέδια
roman: kinoúmena schédia
lang: Hebrew
word: סֶרֶט מְצֻיָּר
roman: séret m'tzuyyár
lang: Hindi
word: कार्टून
roman: kārṭūn
lang: Hungarian
word: rajzfilm
lang: Italian
word: cartone animato
lang: Japanese
word: カートゥーン
roman: kātūn
lang: Japanese
word: アニメーション
roman: animēshon
lang: Japanese
word: アニメ
lang: Korean
word: 애니메이션
roman: aenimeisyeon
lang: Korean
word: 만화영화
roman: manhwayeonghwa
lang: Korean
word: 그림영화
roman: geurimyeonghwa
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Zeechentrickfilm
lang: Macedonian
word: цр́тан филм
roman: cŕtan film
lang: Malay
word: kartun
lang: Māori
word: pakiwaitara
lang: Māori
word: pakiwaituhi
lang: Norman
word: annînmâtion
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: animasjonsfilm
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کَرْتون
roman: kartun
lang: Polish
word: kreskówka
lang: Polish
word: film rysunkowy
lang: Polish
word: film animowany
lang: Portuguese
word: desenho animado
lang: Portuguese
word: desenho
lang: Romanian
word: desen
lang: Romanian
word: desen animat
lang: Russian
word: мультипликацио́нный фильм
roman: mulʹtiplikaciónnyj filʹm
lang: Russian
word: мультфи́льм
roman: mulʹtfílʹm
lang: Russian
word: анимацио́нный фильм
roman: animaciónnyj filʹm
lang: Russian
word: му́льтик
roman: múlʹtik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цртани филм
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: crtani film
lang: Slovak
word: kreslený film
lang: Slovene
word: risanka
lang: Slovene
word: risani film
lang: Spanish
word: dibujos animados
lang: Spanish
word: monos animados
lang: Spanish
word: dibujitos
lang: Spanish
word: caricaturas
lang: Swahili
word: katuni
lang: Swedish
word: tecknat
lang: Swedish
word: tecknad serie
lang: Tagalog
word: tawo-tawo
lang: Thai
word: การ์ตูน
roman: gaa-dtuun
lang: Thai
word: ภาพยนตร์การ์ตูน
roman: pâap-pá-yon-gaa-dtuun
lang: Ukrainian
word: мультфі́льм
roman: mulʹtfílʹm
lang: Ukrainian
word: мультиплікаці́йний фільм
roman: mulʹtyplikacíjnyj filʹm
lang: Ukrainian
word: мультипліка́ція
roman: mulʹtyplikácija
lang: Ukrainian
word: му́льтик
roman: múlʹtyk
lang: Uzbek
word: multfilm
lang: Vietnamese
word: hoạt hình