Dictionary

comedy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɒmədi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɑmədi/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɔmədɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /-dɪ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈkɔm(ə)ɖi/ (South-Asia)
• /-di/ (Scotland)
• /ˈkɔməde/ (Scotland)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos) Proto-Hellenic *awéidō Ancient Greek ᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -ή (-ḗ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ) Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos) ▲ Ancient Greek ἀείδω (aeídō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek ἀοιδός (aoidós) Ancient Greek κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā)bor. Latin cōmoediader. Middle French comediebor. Middle English comedie English comedy Inherited from Middle English comedie, borrowed from Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, borrowed from Ancient Greek κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), or from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”). Doublet of commedia.

Meanings

1. (countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
2. (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending
   • A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.
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
   • Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
7. (countable, uncountable) the art of composing comedy
8. (countable) a humorous event

Forms

Antonyms

drama (antonym(s) of “light, humorous, or satirical work”) · tragedy (antonym(s) of “light, humorous, or satirical work”)

Deriveds

comedy mask (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · sex comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · comedic · comedy and tragedy (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · docucomedy · prop comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · sitcom (Expressions with this term at the end) · high comedy · comedy of manners (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · physical comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · stand-up comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · improvisational comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · Ealing comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · zomedy · telecomedy · comedy of errors (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · comedy duo (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · comedically · noncomedy · observational comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · comedy gold (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · comedy breasts · sentimental comedy · cringe comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · comedy drama · musical comedy · metacomedy · situation comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · romantic comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · black comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · comedy equals tragedy plus time (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · comedian · dramedy · screwball comedy (Expressions with this term at the end) · warmedy · romedy · dark comedy · anticomedy

Descendants

コメディ · காமெடி · 코미디

Hypernyms

drama (light, humorous, or satirical work)

Hyponyms

farce (light, humorous, or satirical work)

Relateds

ode · comic

Translations (134)

fr comédie (a choric song of celebration or revel) · cy comedi (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · ru коме́дия (a choric song of celebration or revel) · eo komedio (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · pl komedia (a choric song of celebration or revel) · bg коме́дия (the genre of such works) · sh kòmēdija (a choric song of celebration or revel) · uk коме́дія (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · la comoedia (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · ta காமெடி (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · tr komedi (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · nl blijspel (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · is gamanleikrit (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · hy կատակերգություն (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · gl comedia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · he קומדיה (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · de Komödie (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · tg мазҳака (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ar كُومِيدِيَا (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ko 코미디 (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ro comedie (a choric song of celebration or revel) · es comedia (the genre of such works) · pt comédia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · gl comedia (the genre of such works) · crh mudhike (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · sh ко̀ме̄дија (a choric song of celebration or revel) · fi komiikka (the genre of such works) · grc κωμῳδία (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · ar كُومِيدِيَا (the genre of such works) · ml തമാശ (the genre of such works) · gl comedia ((medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending) · tt комедия (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · it commedia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ru коме́дия (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · gl comedia (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · cy comedi (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · uk коме́дія (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · grc κωμῳδία (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ca comèdia (the genre of such works) · he קומדיה (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · ar كُومِيدِيَا (the genre of such works) · pt comédia (a choric song of celebration or revel) · fa کمدی (the genre of such works) · sv komedi (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ru коме́дия (the genre of such works) · lt komedija (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · cy comedi (the genre of such works) · lt juokažaislė (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · hy կատակերգություն (the genre of such works) · ta காமெடி (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ko 코믹 (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ml തമാശ (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · vo fredadramat (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · az komediya (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · cmn 喜劇 /喜剧 (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ta காமெடி (the genre of such works) · csb kòmédiô (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · pt comédia ((medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending) · ru коме́дия ((medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending) · pt comédia (the genre of such works) · pl komedia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · pl komedia (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · crh komediya (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · he קומדיה (the genre of such works) · sh kòmēdija (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · ota تقلید اویونی (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · cs veselohra (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ar كُومِيدِيَا (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · fr comédie (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · su bodor (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ca comèdia (a choric song of celebration or revel) · pl komedia ((medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending) · ml തമാശ (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · el κωμωδία (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · fa کمدی (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · lv komēdija (a choric song of celebration or revel) · io komedio (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ka კომედია (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · sh ко̀ме̄дија (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · bg комедия (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · ar فُكَاهَة (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · yi קאָמעדיע (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · cs komedie (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · kk комедия (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · la cōmoedia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ro comedie (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ky комедия (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · sh ко̀ме̄дија (the genre of such works) · hi सुखांत ((medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending) · nl blijspel (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · ja 喜劇 (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · et komöödia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · nb komedie (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · gag güldürü (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ko 희극 (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · es comedia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · id lawak (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · sh kòmēdija (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · gl comedia (a choric song of celebration or revel) · ja コメディ (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · az gülməli əsər (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · oc comedia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · hu komédia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · vi hài kịch (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · nl komedie (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · be каме́дыя (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · lv komēdija (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · os комеди (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · bg коме́дия (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · tl katawanan (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ota تقلید اوینی (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ga coiméide (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ca comèdia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · id humor (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · pt comédia (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · is gamanleikur (the genre of such works) · cy comedi ((medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending) · ru коме́дия (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · sh ко̀ме̄дија (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · ga coiméide (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) · fi komedia (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · ga coiméide (the genre of such works) · ota مضحكه (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · nn komedie (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · sh ко̀ме̄дија ((medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending) · hu vígjáték (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · su bodor (the genre of such works) · sh kòmēdija (the genre of such works) · sh kòmēdija ((medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending) · id komedi (the genre of such works) · az məzhəkə (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · gag komediya (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · da komedie (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) · is kómedía (the genre of such works)