comedian

== English == === Etymology === From French comédien, from comédie +‎ -ien, from Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía). By surface analysis, comed(y) +‎ -ian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈmiː.di.ən/ === Noun === comedian (plural comedians) (feminine: comedienne) An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes. Synonyms: comic, laughsmith (by extension) Any person who is humorous or amusing, either characteristically or on a particular occasion. Synonyms: card, cutup, gagster, joker, wag, wit (dated) A person who performs in theatrical plays. Synonyms: actor, player, thespian Coordinate term: tragedian 1714, Susanna Centlivre, The Wonder, London: E. Curll and A. Bettesworth, Preface,[2] I Don’t pretend to write a Preface, either to point out the Beauties, or to excuse the Errors, a judicious Reader may possibly discover in the following Scenes, but to give those excellent Comedians their Due, to whom, in some Measure the best Dramatick Writers are oblig’d. (obsolete) A writer of comedies. Coordinate term: tragedian 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, London: Whitestone et al., Volume 3, Lecture 47, p. 377,[4] […] the Dramatic Author, in whom the French glory most, and whom they justly place at the head of all their Comedians, is, the famous Moliere. ==== Synonyms ==== funnyman/funnywoman ==== Hypernyms ==== (male comedian): comedian (male and female) ==== Hyponyms ==== (comedian, male and female): comedian (male), comedienne (female) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Cebuano: komedyano → German: Comedian → Hindi: कॉमेडियन (kŏmeḍiyan) → Indonesian: komedian → Japanese: コメディアン (komedian) → Korean: 코미디언 (komidieon) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === daemonic, demoniac, dæmonic, midocean == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French comédien. By surface analysis, comedie +‎ -an. === Noun === comedian m (plural comedieni, feminine equivalent comediană) comedian ==== Declension ====