comical

English edit

Etymology edit

comic +‎ -al

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɪkəl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmɪkəl/
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Adjective edit

comical (comparative more comical, superlative most comical)

(archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.
It was a comical performance.
Funny, whimsically amusing.
The tutor excelled in comical scoldings.
Laughable; ridiculous.
He's just put salt in his tea instead of sugar. What a comical error!
- 2016 January 30, “Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination”, in The New York Times, retrieved 30 January 2016:
  Mr. Sanders has scored some rhetorical points against Mrs. Clinton for her longstanding ties to Wall Street, but she has responded well, and it would be comical to watch any of the Republican candidates try to make that case, given that they are all virtually tied to, or actually part of, the business establishment.

Synonyms edit

See also Thesaurus:funny
(comedy): comic, comedic

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

relating to comedy

Belarusian: камі́чны (kamíčny)
Bulgarian: коми́чен (bg) (komíčen)
Finnish: komedia-, koominen (fi)
French: comique (fr)
German: komödisch, komödial, komisch (de)
Hebrew: קוֹמִי (he) (kómi)
Latvian: komisks, komēdijas
Polish: komiczny (pl)
Portuguese: cómico (pt) (Portugal), cômico (pt) (Brazil)
Russian: коми́ческий (ru) (komíčeskij)
Ukrainian: комі́чний (komíčnyj)

being funny, whimsically amusing

Belarusian: сме́шны (smjéšny), заба́ўны (zabáŭny), паце́шны (pacjéšny), камі́чны (kamíčny)
Bulgarian: сме́шен (bg) (sméšen), заба́вен (bg) (zabáven)
Dutch: grappig (nl), komisch (nl), amusant (nl)
Finnish: huvittava (fi), koominen (fi)
German: komisch (de), lustig (de)
Hebrew: קוֹמִי (he) (kómi), מַצְחִיק (matskhík)
Latvian: komisks, jocīgs, smieklīgs, humoristisks
Norwegian:
Bokmål: komisk (no)

Nynorsk: komisk
Polish: śmieszny (pl), zabawny (pl)
Portuguese: cómico (pt) (Portugal), cômico (pt) (Brazil)
Russian: смешно́й (ru) (smešnój), коми́чный (ru) (komíčnyj), заба́вный (ru) (zabávnyj), поте́шный (ru) (potéšnyj)
Spanish: cómico (es)
Ukrainian: смішни́й (smišnýj), поті́шний (potíšnyj), комі́чний (komíčnyj)
Welsh: digrif (cy)
Yiddish: קאָמיש (komish)

being laughable, ridiculous

Bulgarian: шегови́т (bg) (šegovít), чуда́т (bg) (čudát)
Dutch: komisch (nl), lachwekkend (nl), hilarisch (nl)
Finnish: huvittava (fi), naurettava (fi)
German: lächerlich (de), komisch (de) (now means "strange")
Hebrew: מגוחך / מְגֻחָךְ (he) (m'gukhákh)
Irish: barrúil
Norman: risibl'ye
Portuguese: cómico (pt) (Portugal), cômico (pt) (Brazil)
Scottish Gaelic: èibhinn, àbhachdach
Spanish: cómico (es)
Ukrainian: смішни́й (smišnýj)
Yiddish: קאָמיש (komish)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} komika (1,2), ^{(please verify)} amuza (1), ^{(please verify)} ridiga (2)
French: ^{(please verify)} comique (fr) (1,2)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} comic (1,2)

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