comedy

Significado (Inglês)

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

Sinônimos

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

Hifenizado como

com‧e‧dy

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɒmədi/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: 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.