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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tragicomedy.wav Forms: tragicomedies [plural], comicotragedy [alternative], comitragedy [alternative]
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. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|frm|tragicomédie}} Borrowed from Middle French tragicomédie, {{cog|fr|tragicomédie}} French tragicomédie, {{der|en|it|tragicommedia}} Italian tragicommedia, {{der|en|la|tragicōmoedia}} Latin tragicōmoedia, {{surf|en|tragic|comedy}} By surface analysis, tragic + comedy, {{glossary|haplology}} haplology Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tragicomedy (countable and uncountable, plural tragicomedies)
  1. (uncountable) The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (countable) A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy. Tags: countable Translations (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy): ողբերգակատակերգություն (oġbergakatakergutʻyun) (Armenian), трагікаме́дыя (trahikamjédyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), tragicomèdia [feminine] (Catalan), 悲喜劇 /悲喜剧 (bēixǐjù) (Chinese Mandarin), tragikomedie [feminine] (Czech), tragikomedia (Finnish), tragicomédie [feminine] (French), traxicomedia [feminine] (Galician), Tragikomödie [feminine] (German), ιλαροτραγωδία (ilarotragodía) [feminine] (Greek), трагикомедија (tragikomedija) [feminine] (Macedonian), tragikomedia [feminine] (Polish), трагикоме́дия (tragikomédija) [feminine] (Russian), tragicomedia [feminine] (Spanish), lunus-katawanan (Tagalog), трагікоме́дія (trahikomédija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tragicomedian, tragicomedic, tragicomedienne, tragicomic, tragicomical, tragicomically Related terms: dramedy, seriocomic

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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Comedy",
    "en:Drama",
    "en:Genres"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tragicomedian"
    },
    {
      "word": "tragicomedic"
    },
    {
      "word": "tragicomedienne"
    },
    {
      "word": "tragicomic"
    },
    {
      "word": "tragicomical"
    },
    {
      "word": "tragicomically"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "tragicomédie"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "tragicomédie"
      },
      "expansion": "French tragicomédie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "tragicommedia"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian tragicommedia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "tragicōmoedia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin tragicōmoedia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tragic",
        "3": "comedy"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, tragic + comedy",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haplology"
      },
      "expansion": "haplology",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French tragicomédie (whence French tragicomédie), itself borrowed from Italian tragicommedia, from Latin tragicōmoedia, tragicocōmoedia. By surface analysis, tragic + comedy, with haplology.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tragicomedies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "comicotragedy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "comitragedy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "tragicomedy (countable and uncountable, plural tragicomedies)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dramedy"
    },
    {
      "word": "seriocomic"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        "The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genre",
          "genre"
        ],
        [
          "drama",
          "drama"
        ],
        [
          "tragedy",
          "tragedy"
        ],
        [
          "comedy",
          "comedy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tragedy",
          "tragedy"
        ],
        [
          "comedy",
          "comedy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "oġbergakatakergutʻyun",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "word": "ողբերգակատակերգություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "trahikamjédyja",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трагікаме́дыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tragicomèdia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bēixǐjù",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "word": "悲喜劇 /悲喜剧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tragikomedie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "word": "tragikomedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tragicomédie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "traxicomedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tragikomödie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ilarotragodía",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ιλαροτραγωδία"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tragikomedija",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трагикомедија"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tragikomedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tragikomédija",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трагикоме́дия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tragicomedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "word": "lunus-katawanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "trahikomédija",
      "sense": "drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трагікоме́дія"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tragicomedy"
  ],
  "word": "tragicomedy"
}

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