"romantic comedy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: romantic comedies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} romantic comedy (countable and uncountable, plural romantic comedies)
  1. (uncountable) A genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Comedy, Fiction, Film, Literary genres, Love, Romance fiction Synonyms: romcom, rom com, rom-com, romedy Translations (love story in fiction or film): romanttinen komedia (Finnish), comédie romantique [feminine] (French), comédie sentimentale [feminine] (French), romcom [feminine] (French), Liebeskomödie [feminine] (German), romantische Komödie [feminine] (German), ρομαντική κωμωδία (romantikí komodía) [feminine] (Greek), romantikus vígjáték (Hungarian), coiméide rómánsúil [feminine] (Irish), ラブコメディー (rabu komedī) (Japanese), 로맨틱 코미디 (romaentik komidi) (Korean), komedia romantyczna [feminine] (Polish), romantisk komedi [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-romantic_comedy-en-noun-DQobIuUh Disambiguation of Comedy: 97 3 Disambiguation of Fiction: 96 4 Disambiguation of Film: 96 4 Disambiguation of Literary genres: 98 2 Disambiguation of Love: 96 4 Disambiguation of Romance fiction: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'love story in fiction or film': 81 19
  2. (countable) Such a story. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-romantic_comedy-en-noun-Cpz6JB6n

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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