Etymology
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In British English first, from French carton ( “ sketch, cardboard, card ” ) , from Italian cartone ( “ cardboard, carton, box ” ) , augmentative of carta ( “ paper ” ) , from Latin carta ( “ papyrus, paper ” ) , from Ancient Greek χάρτης ( khártēs ) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card .
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A cartoon from the 13 December 1911 issue of the British satirical magazine Punch . It shows the Russian Bear sitting on the tail of the Persian Cat while the British Lion looks on, and represents a phase of The Great Game . A tapestry weaver with a cartoon showing through the loom . cartoon (plural cartoons )
( comics ) A humorous drawing , often with a caption , or a strip of such drawings.
( comics ) A drawing satirising current public figures.
( art ) An artist 's preliminary sketch .
( art ) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco , a tapestry , etc.
( animation ) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous .
12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon , lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
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humorous drawing or strip
Afrikaans: spotprent (af)
Arabic: كَارِيكَاتِير m ( karikatīr ) , كَارِيكَاتُور m ( karikatūr ) , رَسْم هَزْلِيّ m ( rasm hazliyy )
Belarusian: ко́мікс m ( kómiks ) , карыкату́ра f ( karykatúra ) , шарж m ( šarž )
Bulgarian: карикату́ра (bg) f ( karikatúra )
Catalan: vinyeta (ca) f , tira còmica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡通 (zh) ( kǎtōng ) , 諷刺畫 / 讽刺画 (zh) ( fěngcìhuà ) , 漫畫 / 漫画 (zh) ( mànhuà )
Danish: tegneserie (da) c
Esperanto: kartuno
Finnish: pilakuva (fi) ( single-frame ) , sarjakuva (fi) ( strip )
French: bande dessinée (fr) , BD (fr) , caricature (fr) f
Galician: tira cómica f
German: Karton (de) m , Karikatur (de) f , Cartoon (de) m or n
Ido: kartuno (io)
Italian: vignetta (it) f
Japanese: 風刺画 ( ふうしが, fūshiga ) , 戯画 (ja) ( ぎが, giga ) , 漫画 (ja) ( まんが, manga )
Korean: 만화(漫畫) (ko) ( manhwa )
Luxembourgish: Cartoon
Macedonian: стрип m ( strip ) , карикату́ра f ( karikatúra )
Maori: pakiwaitara
Persian: کارتون (fa) ( kârtun )
Polish: komiks (pl) m , historyjka (pl) obrazkowa f
Portuguese: cartum (pt) m , charge (pt) f ( Brazil )
Russian: ко́микс (ru) m ( kómiks ) , карикату́ра (ru) f ( karikatúra ) , шарж (ru) m ( šarž )
Scottish Gaelic: dealbh-èibhinn m
Slovak: komiks m
Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo
Spanish: viñeta (es) f , tira cómica (es) f
Swahili: katuni , vibonzo
Tagalog: tawo-tawo
Thai: การ์ตูน (th) ( gaa-dtuun )
Ukrainian: ко́мікс m ( kómiks ) , карикату́ра f ( karykatúra ) , шарж m ( šarž )
artist's preliminary sketch
animated cartoon
Afrikaans: tekenprent
Arabic: كَرْتُون (ar) m ( kartūn ) , فِيلْم كَرْتُون m ( film kartūn )
Hijazi Arabic: كَرْتون m ( kartōn ) , فِلِم كَرْتون m ( filim kartōn )
Azerbaijani: cizgi film
Bashkir: йәнһүрәт ( yənhürət )
Belarusian: мультыплікацы́йны фільм m ( mulʹtyplikacýjny filʹm ) , мультфі́льм m ( mulʹtfílʹm )
Bulgarian: мултиплика́ция f ( multiplikácija )
Catalan: dibuixos animats (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Cantonese: 卡通 ( kaa1 tung1 ) , 卡通片 ( kaa1 tung1 pin3 )
Mandarin: 動畫 / 动画 (zh) ( dònghuà ) , 動畫片 / 动画片 (zh) ( dònghuàpiàn ) , 卡通 (zh) ( kǎtōng )
Danish: tegnefilm (da) c
Dutch: tekenfilm (nl) m
Esperanto: animaciaĵo , animaciita desegno
Finnish: piirrosfilmi (fi) , piirretty (fi) , piirrossarja , piirroselokuva (fi)
French: dessin animé (fr)
Georgian: მულტფილმი ( mulṭpilmi ) , მულტიპლიკაციური ფილმი ( mulṭiṗliḳaciuri pilmi ) , ანიმაცია ( animacia ) , ანიმაციური ფილმი ( animaciuri pilmi )
German: Zeichentrickfilm (de) m , Cartoon (de) m , Zeichentrick (de) m
Greek: κινούμενα σχέδια (el) n pl ( kinoúmena schédia )
Hebrew: סֶרֶט מְצֻיָּר (he) m ( séret m'tzuyyár )
Hindi: कार्टून f ( kārṭūn )
Hungarian: rajzfilm (hu)
Italian: cartone animato (it) m
Japanese: カートゥーン ( kātūn ) , アニメーション (ja) ( animēshon ) , アニメ (ja) ( anime )
Korean: 애니메이션 (ko) ( aenimeisyeon ) , 만화영화(漫畫映畫) (ko) ( manhwayeonghwa ) , 그림영화 (ko) ( geurimyeonghwa ) ( North Korea )
Luxembourgish: Zeechentrickfilm
Macedonian: цр́тан филм m ( cŕtan film )
Malay: kartun
Maori: pakiwaitara , pakiwaituhi
Norman: annînmâtion f
Persian: کارتون (fa) ( kârtun )
Polish: kreskówka (pl) f , film rysunkowy m , film animowany m
Portuguese: desenho animado (pt) m , desenho (pt) m
Romanian: desen (ro) n , desen animat (ro) n
Russian: мультипликацио́нный фильм (ru) m ( mulʹtiplikaciónnyj filʹm ) , мультфи́льм (ru) m ( mulʹtfílʹm ) , анимацио́нный фильм m ( animaciónnyj filʹm ) , му́льтик (ru) m ( múlʹtik )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цртани филм m
Roman: crtani film (sh) m
Slovak: kreslený film m
Slovene: risanka f , risani film m
Spanish: dibujos animados m pl , monos animados m pl , dibujitos (es) m pl , caricaturas (es) f pl
Swahili: katuni class 9 /10
Swedish: tecknat (sv) , tecknad serie (sv) c
Tagalog: tawo-tawo
Thai: การ์ตูน (th) ( gaa-dtuun ) , ภาพยนตร์การ์ตูน ( pâap-pá-yon-gaa-dtuun )
Ukrainian: мультфі́льм m ( mulʹtfílʹm ) , мультиплікаці́йний фільм m ( mulʹtyplikacíjnyj filʹm ) , мультипліка́ція f ( mulʹtyplikácija ) , му́льтик m ( múlʹtyk ) ( colloquial )
Vietnamese: hoạt hình (vi)
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cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons , present participle cartooning , simple past and past participle cartooned )
( art , comics , animation ) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
( art ) To make a preliminary sketch.Anagrams
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