romantic comedy en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) A genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.
She loved to watch romantic comedy films with her mother.
Judging from his new movie, the sublimely silly They Came Together, director and co-writer David Wain is a closet connoisseur of the modern romantic comedy.
2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:
- (countable) Such a story.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| romantic comedies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
romcom · romedy · rom com · rom-com
Translations (13)
el ρομαντική κωμωδία (love story in fiction or film) · fr romcom (love story in fiction or film) · ga coiméide rómánsúil (love story in fiction or film) · fr comédie sentimentale (love story in fiction or film) · fi romanttinen komedia (love story in fiction or film) · de romantische Komödie (love story in fiction or film) · hu romantikus vígjáték (love story in fiction or film) · fr comédie romantique (love story in fiction or film) · pl komedia romantyczna (love story in fiction or film) · de Liebeskomödie (love story in fiction or film) · ko 로맨틱 코미디 (love story in fiction or film) · ja ラブコメディー (love story in fiction or film) · sv romantisk komedi (love story in fiction or film)