tragicomedy

English

Alternative forms

comicotragedy, comitragedy

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tragicomédie (whence French tragicomédie), itself borrowed from Italian tragicommedia, from Latin tragicōmoedia, tragicocōmoedia. By surface analysis, tragic +‎ comedy, with haplology.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi/

Noun

tragicomedy (countable and uncountable, plural tragicomedies)

(uncountable) The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
(countable) A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

Derived terms

Translations

drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy

Armenian: ողբերգակատակերգություն (hy) (oġbergakatakergutʻyun)
Catalan: tragicomèdia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 悲喜劇／悲喜剧 (zh) (bēixǐjù)
Czech: tragikomedie f
Finnish: tragikomedia (fi)
French: tragicomédie (fr) f
Galician: traxicomedia f
German: Tragikomödie (de) f
Greek: ιλαροτραγωδία (el) f (ilarotragodía)
Macedonian: трагикомедија f (tragikomedija)
Polish: tragikomedia (pl) f
Russian: трагикоме́дия (ru) f (tragikomédija)
Spanish: tragicomedia f
Tagalog: lunus-katawanan

See also

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