comedienne
See also: comédienne
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French comédienne.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
comedienne (plural comediennes)
Usage notes edit
Some consider this word to be an outdated gendered term, preferring to use comedian or comic for women instead.[1][2]
Hypernyms edit
Related terms edit
- comedian (male comedian)
Translations edit
female 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