"comic book" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: comic books [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} comic book (plural comic books)
  1. (comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories, primarily in serialized form, usually fiction. Categories (topical): Comics Synonyms (magazine with sequence of drawings): comics, graphic novel Derived forms: American comic book, comic-bookish Related terms: cartoon, funnies, funny pages, funny papers, superhero, graphic novel, fanzine Translations (book or magazine): còmic [masculine] (Catalan), 漫畫書 (Chinese Mandarin), 漫画书 (mànhuàshū) (Chinese Mandarin), 漫畫冊 (Chinese Mandarin), 漫画册 (mànhuàcè) (Chinese Mandarin), tegneserie [common-gender] (Danish), stripboek [neuter] (Dutch), bildrakonto (Esperanto), koomiksivihik (Estonian), koomiks (Estonian), sarjakuvalehti (Finnish), sarjakuvakirja (Finnish), bande dessinée [feminine] (French), bédé (French), Comicbuch [neuter] (German), fumetto [masculine] (Italian), komiks [masculine] (Polish), (revista de) história em quadrinhos [masculine] (Portuguese), gibi [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), ко́микс (kómiks) [masculine] (Russian), comic buik (Scots), cómic [masculine] (Spanish), serietidning (english: periodical) [common-gender] (Swedish), seriemagasin (english: periodical) [neuter] (Swedish), seriealbum (english: non-periodical) [neuter] (Swedish), หนังสือการ์ตูน (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-gaa-dtuun) (Thai)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "bédé"
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      "sense": "book or magazine",
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      ],
      "word": "Comicbuch"
    },
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      "sense": "book or magazine",
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      ],
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      "sense": "book or magazine",
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      "sense": "book or magazine",
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      ],
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      "sense": "book or magazine",
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}

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