comedy

== English == === Alternative forms === comedie (“archaic, often affected as such for humorous effect”) comœdie (“obsolete”) comœdy (“archaic”) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmədi/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkɔmədɪj/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmədi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkɔməde/, /-dɪ/, /-di/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈkɔm(ə)ɖi/ Hyphenation: com‧e‧dy === Noun === comedy (countable and uncountable, plural comedies) (countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending (countable, Medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy) (countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone (drama) the genre of such works (uncountable) entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance the art of composing comedy (countable) a humorous event ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “light, humorous, or satirical work”): drama (in its narrower sense) (antonym(s) of “light, humorous, or satirical work”): tragedy ==== Hypernyms ==== (light, humorous, or satirical work): drama (in its broader sense) ==== Hyponyms ==== (light, humorous, or satirical work): farce ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== comic ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: コメディ (komedi) → Korean: 코미디 (komidi) → Tamil: காமெடி (kāmeṭi) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ode === Further reading === comedy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “comedy”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “comedy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.