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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFumetto
Native Script:fumetto
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fumetto
"Lui legge un fumetto ogni settimana."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A magazine or book that contains a sequence of drawings that tell a story, often humorous.
"She enjoys reading a comic every evening before bed."
- 1
Relating to or characterized by comedy; humorous.
"The comic relief in the movie made the serious scenes more bearable."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek kōmikos, relating to comedy, through Latin comicus and French comique. By the 19th and 20th centuries, the term evolved to describe sequential art and illustrated narrative periodicals, which in Brazilian Portuguese famously adopted the word 'gibi' from the trade name of an early publication.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Comic" is said worldwide
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BD (bande dessinée)
Transliteration: bande dessinée
Script: bande dessinée
"Elle lit une BD chaque mois."
Comic
Transliteration: komik
"Er kauft jeden Monat einen neuen Comic."
Fumetto
Transliteration: fumetto
Script: fumetto
"Lui legge un fumetto ogni settimana."
Cómic
Transliteration: cómic
Script: cómic
"Ella colecciona cómics desde niña."
Quadrinho
Transliteration: quadrinho
Script: quadrinho
"Ele adora ler quadrinhos."
कॉमिक
Transliteration: kaumik
"वह हर हफ्ते एक कॉमिक पढ़ता है।"
漫画
Transliteration: mànhuà
"她每周都看漫画。"
만화
Transliteration: manhwa
"그는 매주 만화를 읽습니다."
漫画
Transliteration: manga
"彼女は毎月漫画を買います。"
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