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"comedy" in seven languages

Meaningcomedy

Spanish

comedia

/koˈmedja/

fem.learned

French

comédie

/kɔmedi/

fem.learned

Italian

commedia

/komˈmɛdja/

fem.learned

Portuguese

comédia

/koˈmɛdʒiɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

comedie

/komeˈdie/

fem.learned

Catalan

comèdia

/kuˈmɛdiə/

fem.learned

English

comedy

/ˈkɑmədi/

from Latin/French · Old French comedie, from Latin COMOEDIA

English → ItaliancomedycommediaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

COMOEDIAM (Greek kōmōidía)‘comedy’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Greek kômos 'revel' + ōidḗ 'song'. Italian doubles the m, as in the title of Dante's Divina Commedia.

English relatives: comic, comedian

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In a sentence

  • esAnoche vimos una comedia.
  • frHier soir, on a regardé une comédie.
  • itIeri sera abbiamo visto una commedia.
  • ptAssistimos a uma comédia ontem à noite.
  • roAseară ne-am uitat la o comedie.
  • caAhir a la nit vam veure una comèdia.
  • enWe watched a comedy last night.

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