comedy

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
2. (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending
3. (Europe, Medieval, countable) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
4. (countable) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
5. (countable, uncountable) the genre of such works
6. (uncountable) entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
7. (countable, uncountable) the art of composing comedy
8. (countable) a humorous event

Concepts

comédie

comique

de comédie

cocasserie

drôlerie

comedie

le genre comique

Synonymes

humor

farce

comic

fun

pleasantry

satire

drollery

funniness

burlesque

clowning

humour

wittiness

funny show

drama

travestry

humor

splatterspunk

humour

comicality

comicalness

drollness

humoursness

jocosity

jocularity

joke

🤣

merriment

parody

play

Traductions

commedia

Komödie

comédia

comedia

κωμωδία

blijspel

comèdia

komedie

Lustspiel

komedi

comoedia

كوميديا

cómico

commèdia

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɒmədi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: comedie

In summary

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.