"webcomic" meaning in All languages combined

See webcomic on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: webcomics [plural]
Etymology: From Web + comic. The word is first attested 2000, but websites titled "WebComics" existed previously (as early as 1995). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Web|comic}} Web + comic Head templates: {{en-noun}} webcomic (plural webcomics)
  1. (comics, Internet) An online comic, especially one first published on the Internet. Wikipedia link: webcomic Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Comics, Internet Translations (first comic published on the Internet): ウェブコミック (webu komikku) (Japanese), ウェブまんが (webu manga) (Japanese), 웹코믹 (wepkomik) (Korean), webcómic [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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