"comics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑmɪks/ [General-American], /ˈkɒmɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comics.wav
Rhymes: -ɪks Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} comics
  1. the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art Synonyms (newspaper): funnies, funny pages, funny papers Derived forms: Comicsgate Related terms: comic book, graphic novel Translations (artistic medium): هَزْلِيَّة (hazliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), مَجَلَّة هَزْلِيَّة (majalla hazliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 漫畫 /漫画 (mànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), komiks [masculine] (Czech), bildliteraturo (Esperanto), sarjakuva (Finnish), bande dessinée (French), BD [feminine] (French), bédé [feminine] (French), Comicliteratur [feminine] (German), κόμικς (kómiks) [neuter] (Greek), κόμικ (kómik) [neuter] (Greek), εικοναφήγηση (eikonafígisi) [feminine] (Greek), képregény (Hungarian), fumetti [masculine, plural] (Italian), 漫画 (alt: まんが) [manga, comics, literature, publishing, media] (Japanese), 戯画 (giga) (alt: ぎが) (Japanese), コミック (komikku) (Japanese), комикс (komiks) (Kazakh), 만화 (manhwa) (alt: 漫畫) (Korean), 희화 (huihwa) (alt: 戲畫) (Korean), vaizdasaka [feminine] (Lithuanian), komik (Malay), kelawak (Malay), tegneserier [masculine] (Norwegian), komiks [masculine] (Polish), quadrinhos [Brazil, masculine, plural] (Portuguese), HQ [Brazil] (Portuguese), história em quadrinhos [Brazil] (Portuguese), gibi [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), banda desenhada [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), BD [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), ко́микс (kómiks) [masculine] (Russian), tebeo [masculine] (Spanish), tecknad serie (Swedish), serie (Swedish), çIzgi roman [singular] (Turkish)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑmɪks/ [General-American], /ˈkɒmɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comics.wav
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  1. plural of comic Tags: form-of, plural Form of: comic
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