comedy

com·e·dy  (km-d)

n. pl. com·e·dies

1.

a. A dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of the thematic conflict.

b. The genre made up of such works.

2. A literary or cinematic work of a comic nature or that uses the themes or methods of comedy.

3. Popular entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.

4. The art of composing or performing comedy.

5. A humorous element of life or literature: the human comedy of political campaigns.

6. A humorous occurrence.

Idiom:

comedy of errors

A ludicrous event or sequence of events: The candidate's campaign turned out to be a political comedy of errors.

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[Middle English comedie, from Medieval Latin cmdia, from Latin cmoedia, from Greek kmidia, from kmidos, comic actor : kmos, revel + aoidos, singer (from aeidein, to sing; see wed-² in Indo-European roots).]

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comedy [ˈkɒmɪdɪ]

n pl -dies

1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a dramatic or other work of light and amusing character

2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) the genre of drama represented by works of this type

3. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (in classical literature) a play in which the main characters and motive triumph over adversity

4. the humorous aspect of life or of events

5. an amusing event or sequence of events

6. humour or comic style the comedy of Chaplin

[from Old French comédie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmos village festival + aeidein to sing]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	comedy - light and humorous drama with a happy ending drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater black comedy - comedy that uses black humor commedia dell'arte - Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters dark comedy - a comedy characterized by grim or satiric humor; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements farce, farce comedy, travesty - a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations high comedy - a sophisticated comedy; often satirizing genteel society low comedy - a comedy characterized by slapstick and burlesque melodrama - an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization seriocomedy, tragicomedy - a comedy with serious elements or overtones sitcom, situation comedy - a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life slapstick - a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes tragedy - drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
	2.	comedy - a comic incident or series of incidents drollery, funniness, clowning fun, sport, play - verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"

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comedy

noun

1. light entertainment, sitcom (informal) Channel Four's comedy, 'Father Ted'
light entertainment opera, tragedy, soap opera, melodrama, high drama, serious play

2. humour, fun, joking, farce, jesting, slapstick, wisecracking, hilarity, witticisms, facetiousness, chaffing He and I provided the comedy with songs and monologues.
humour sadness, seriousness, melancholy, solemnity

Quotations
"Comedy is an imitation of the common errors of our life" [Sir Philip Sidney The Defence of Poetry]
"The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel" [Horace Walpole Letters]
"All tragedies are finish'd by a death,"
"All comedies are ended by a marriage" [Lord Byron Don Juan]

Translations

comedy [ˈkɒmɪdɪ]

A. N (gen) → comedia f; (= humour of situation) → comicidad f
comedy of manners → comedia f de costumbres

B. CPD comedy show N (TV) → programa m de humor

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comedy [ˈkɒmədi]

n

(= type of entertainment) → comédie f

(= play, film) → comédie f

modif [drama, series, romance, western] → comique
comedy club n club où des comiques se produisent
comedy show n → comédie f

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comedy

n

(Theat) → Komödie f, → Lustspiel nt; comedy programme → Unterhaltungsprogramm nt; comedy writer → Lustspielautor(in) m(f) → or (classical) → -dichter(in) m(f); “Comedy of Errors” → „Komödie der Irrungen“; the entire deal was just a comedy of errors (fig) → bei dem Geschäft ging aber auch alles daneben; low comedy → Klamauk m; high comedy → echte or gekonnte Komödie; to act in comedy → Komödiendarsteller(in) m(f) → sein

(fig) → Komödie f, → Theater nt (inf)

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comedy [ˈkɒmɪdɪ] n (gen) → commedia brillante; (humour) → lato comico

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comedy [ˈkɒmɪdɪ] n (gen) → commedia brillante; (humour) → lato comico

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comedy

n comedy [ˈkomədi]

1 a play of a pleasant or amusing kind We went to see a comedy last night. blyspel كوميديا، مَلْهاه комедия komedie komedie die Komödie κωμωδία comedia komöödia نمایش کمدی komedia comédie קוֹמֵדְיָה हास्य-प्रधान नाटक komedija vígjáték komedi gamanleikur commedia 喜劇 코미디 komedija komēdija sitkom lucu komedie komedie, lystspill komedia comédia комедия komédia komedija komedija komedi ละครตลก komedi 喜劇 комедія طربیہ ، فکاہیہ hài kịch 喜剧

2 humour They all saw the comedy of the situation. komedie مَرَح، فُكاهَه смешната страна komičnost komik die Komik κωμικό στοιχείο cómico koomika مزاح؛ خنده داری komiikka comique הוּמוֹר हास्य komedija komédia kelucuan gamansemi, skoplegt atvik nota divertente ユーモア 유머 komiškumas komisms humor humor komikk, humor komizm graça comic комедийность ситуации komickosť smešnost humor komik, det komiska อารมณ์ขัน komiklik 幽默 комедійність مزاح tính hài hước 幽默

n comedian [kəˈmiːdiən]

a performer who tells jokes or acts in comedies. komediant مُمَثِّل كوميدي комик komik komiker der/die Komödiant(in) κωμικός cómico; comica koomik, komödiant هنرپیشه کمدی؛ کمدین koomikko comique קוֹמִיקָאי हंसाने वाला komičar komikus pelawak gamanleikari comico 喜劇役者 희극 배우 komikas komiķis pelawak komisch acteur komiker, gjøgler komik cómico comic комик komik komik komičar komiker, komedienne นักแสดงตลก komedyen 喜劇演員 комедійний актор مذاحیہ فن کار diễn viên hài 喜剧演员

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comedy → كوميديا komedie komedie Komödie κωμωδία comedia komedia comédie komedija commedia コメディー 코미디 komedie komedie komedia comédia комедия komedi ละครตลก komedi hài kịch 喜剧