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Dictionary: com·ic   (kŏm'ĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Characteristic of or having to do with comedy.
  2. Of or relating to comic strips.
  3. Amusing; humorous: a comic situation involving the family's pets.
n.
    1. A comedian.
    2. A person whose behavior elicits laughter.
    1. comics Comic strips.
    2. A comic book.
  1. A source of humor in art or life.

[Middle English comice, from Latin cōmicus, from Greek kōmikos, from kōmos, revel.]


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adjective

  1. Arousing laughter: amusing, comical, droll, funny, humorous, laughable, risible, zany. See laughter.
  2. Deserving laughter: comical, farcical, funny, laughable, laughing, ludicrous, ridiculous, risible. See laughter.

noun

    A person whose words or actions provoke or are intended to provoke amusement or laughter: clown, comedian, farceur, funnyman, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, quipster, wag, wit, zany. Informal card. See laughter.

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n

Definition: funny person, often professional
Antonyms: tragedician


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Having to do with something funny or amusing. Also: A comedian.

pronunciation The comic had them laughing for hours.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - komisk, morsom, komedie- tegneserie-
n. - komiker, tegneseriehæfte

idioms:

  • comic book    tegneseriehæfte
  • comic strip    tegneserie

Nederlands (Dutch)
komiek, stripboek, komisch

Français (French)
adj. - comique
n. - comédien, comique, bande dessinée, (US) la pages des bandes dessinées

idioms:

  • comic book    bande dessinée
  • comic strip    bande dessinée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Comic, Comicheft, Komiker, lustiger Kerl
adj. - komisch, lustig

idioms:

  • comic book    Comicheft
  • comic strip    Comicstrip

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κωμικός (ηθοποιός), κόμικ(ς), ιστορία σε σκίτσα
adj. - κωμικός, αστείος

idioms:

  • comic book    κόμικ, περιοδικό με ιστορίες σε σκίτσα
  • comic strip    ιστορία σε σκίτσα (σε εφημερίδα)

Italiano (Italian)
fumetti, buffone, comico

idioms:

  • comic book    albo a fumetti
  • comic strip    striscia di fumetti

Português (Portuguese)
n. - comediante (m) (f), comicidade (f)
adj. - cômico

idioms:

  • comic book    história (f) em quadrinhos
  • comic strip    história (f) em quadrinhos

Русский (Russian)
комикс, комик, смешной

idioms:

  • comic book    комикс
  • comic strip    комикс, карикатура

Español (Spanish)
adj. - cómico, bufo, gracioso
n. - libro de comics, tebeo, payaso

idioms:

  • comic book    libro de comics, libro de historietas
  • comic strip    historieta, tira cómica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - komik, skämttidning (vard.), komiker
adj. - komisk, komedi-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
滑稽的, 喜剧的, 有趣的, 连环漫画, 杂耍滑稽演员

idioms:

  • comic book    连环漫画册
  • comic strip    连载漫画, 连环图画

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 滑稽的, 喜劇的, 有趣的
n. - 連環漫畫, 雜耍滑稽演員

idioms:

  • comic book    連環漫畫書
  • comic strip    連載漫畫, 連環圖畫

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 희극의, 익살스러운
n. - 희극배우, 만화책, 희극 영화

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 喜劇の, 滑稽な, 漫画の
n. - 喜劇俳優, 滑稽な人, 漫画欄, 滑稽味, コメディアン, 漫画

idioms:

  • comic book    漫画雑誌
  • comic strip    こま割り漫画

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ممثل هزلي (صفه) مضحك, هزلي, فكاهي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קומי, מצחיק‬
n. - ‮עיתון מצוייר, קומיקאי‬


 
 
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