comedienne
See also: comédienne
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French comédienne.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcomedienne (plural comediennes)
Usage notes
editSome consider this word to be an outdated gendered term, preferring to use comedian or comic for women instead.[1][2]
Hypernyms
editRelated terms
edit- comedian (male comedian)
Translations
editfemale comedian
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References
edit- ^ “actor”, in Guardian and Observer style guide: A[1], Guardian Media Group, 2015 February 21 (last accessed)
- ^ Fogarty, Mignon (2014 November 12) “You should basically stop using gendered nouns”, in The Washington Post[2], Nash Holdings LLC, archived from the original on 2014-11-13