"dramedy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-dramedy.oga Forms: dramedies [plural]
Etymology: Blend of drama + comedy. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|drama|comedy}} Blend of drama + comedy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dramedy (countable and uncountable, plural dramedies)
  1. (uncountable) A genre of film or television that lies somewhere between drama and comedy. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Comedy, Film, Television
    Sense id: en-dramedy-en-noun-bgmnGo1h Disambiguation of Comedy: 62 38 Disambiguation of Film: 49 51 Disambiguation of Television: 58 42
  2. (countable) A film or television programme belonging to this genre. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Drama, Film, Film genres, Genres Translations (film/TV programme of this genre): comédie dramatique [feminine] (French), Comedydrama [neuter] (German), Comedy-Drama [neuter] (German), Dramedy [feminine] (German), commedia drammatica [feminine] (Italian), komediodramat [masculine] (Polish), comédia dramática [feminine] (Portuguese), comedia dramática [feminine] (Spanish), dramedia [feminine] (Spanish), dramakomedi [common-gender] (Swedish), dramedi [common-gender, rare] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dramedy-en-noun-Zap2fuMD Disambiguation of Drama: 42 58 Disambiguation of Film: 49 51 Disambiguation of Film genres: 41 59 Disambiguation of Genres: 36 64 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'film/TV programme of this genre': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: genre [drama, dramaturgy, film, theater, entertainment, lifestyle, television, broadcasting, media, comedy], film [drama, dramaturgy, film, theater, entertainment, lifestyle, television, broadcasting, media, comedy], TV programme [drama, dramaturgy, film, theater, entertainment, lifestyle, television, broadcasting, media, comedy] Related terms: seriocomic, tragicomedy Translations (genre): comédie dramatique [feminine] (French), Comedydrama [neuter] (German), Comedy-Drama [neuter] (German), Dramedy [feminine] (German), commedia drammatica [feminine] (Italian), komediodramat [masculine] (Polish), comédia dramática [feminine] (Portuguese), драматическая комедия (dramatíčeskaja komédija) [feminine] (Russian), comedia dramática [feminine] (Spanish), dramedia [feminine] (Spanish), dramakomedi [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'genre': 50 50

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      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Comedydrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Comedy-Drama"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dramedy"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "commedia drammatica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "komediodramat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comédia dramática"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comedia dramática"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dramedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dramakomedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "film/TV programme of this genre",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "dramedi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dramedy"
}

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