comedy
Syllables: com·e·dyUK/ˈkɒmədi/
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British/ˈkɔmədɪj/
comedy noun: a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
Noun
comedy (countable and uncountable, plural comedies)
- a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
- a light, amusing play with a happy ending
- A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.
- a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
- a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
- the genre of such works
- entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
- Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
- the art of composing comedy
- a humorous event
comedy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
comedy in Hindi
- (medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending
- सुखांत sukhānt
comedy in Tamil
- a light, amusing play with a happy ending
- காமெடி kāmeṭi
- dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
- காமெடி kāmeṭi
- the genre of such works
- காமெடி kāmeṭi
comedy in Marathi
- कॉमेडी
comedy in Urdu
- ہلکا پھلکا, مزاحیہ
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- comedy in Bengali
- কমেডি, প্রহসন, মিলনান্ত নাটক
- comedy in Telugu
- కర్నాటకము karnāṭakamu
- comedy in Malayalam
- തമാശ tamāśa
- comedy in Kannada
- ವಿನೋದ ನಾಟಕ, ಪ್ರಹಸನ, ವೈನೋದಿಕ, ಹಾಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಪದವಾದ ಘಟನೆಗಳು
- comedy in Punjabi
- ਕਾਮੇਡੀ
- comedy in Gujarati
- કોમેડી
- comedy in Odia
- କମେଡ଼ି kameṛi
- comedy in Nepali
- कमेडी, हास्य
- comedy in Tagalog
- katawanan
- comedy in Arabic
- فُكَاهَة fukāha, كُومِيدِيَا kōmīdiyā
- comedy in Indonesian
- lawak, humor, komedi
- comedy in Persian
- کمدی komedi
- comedy in Vietnamese
- hài kịch
Examples of comedy in a sentence
- The comedy club's audience was known for hooting down timid performers.
- By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his range as an actor.
- The words animal, citizen, comedy, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.
Antonyms of comedy
Forms of comedy
| plural | comedies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | comedie |
| alternative form | comœdie |
| alternative form | comœdy |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from comedy
- comedy and tragedy
- comedy duo
- comedy equals tragedy plus time
- comedy gold
- comedy mask
- comedy of errors
- comedy of manners
- black comedy
- cringe comedy
- Ealing comedy
- improvisational comedy
- observational comedy
- physical comedy
- prop comedy
- romantic comedy
- screwball comedy
- sex comedy
- situation comedy
- sitcom
- stand-up comedy
- anticomedy
- comedian
- comedic
- comedically
- comedy breasts
- comedy drama
- dark comedy
- docucomedy
- dramedy
- high comedy
- metacomedy
- musical comedy
- noncomedy
- romedy
- sentimental comedy
- telecomedy
- warmedy
- zomedy
Phrases with comedy
Questions about comedy
- What does comedy mean?
- Comedy means a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
- What is comedy in Hindi?
- Comedy in Hindi is सुखांत (sukhānt). See Comedy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is comedy?
- Comedy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce comedy?
- Comedy is pronounced /ˈkɒmədi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of comedy?
- The plural of comedy is comedies.
Words near comedy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: comedy (page history and authors); comedy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comedy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comedy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కర్నాటకము (Telugu) (page history and authors); comedy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comedy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comedy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); କମେଡ଼ି (Odia) (page history and authors); comedy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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