"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 Categories (topical): Comics 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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 [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), HQ (Portuguese), história em quadrinhos (Portuguese), gibi [masculine] (Portuguese), banda desenhada [feminine] (Portuguese), BD [feminine] (Portuguese), ко́микс (kómiks) [masculine] (Russian), tebeo [masculine] (Spanish), tecknad serie (Swedish), serie (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-comics-en-noun-bLKBI5w~ Disambiguation of Comics: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ics, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ics: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 81 19

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑmɪks/ [General-American], /ˈkɒmɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comics.wav
Rhymes: -ɪks Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} comics
  1. plural of comic Tags: form-of, plural Form of: comic Categories (topical): Comics
    Sense id: en-comics-en-noun-U7odg4bm Disambiguation of Comics: 55 45
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          "text": "Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide by Lyga, Allyson and Lyga, Barry. (June 30, 2004) p. 162, →ISBN\n[bold in original] The plural of comic is typically used as a singular (as \"politics\" is) to refer to the entire medium or industry. Hence, \"comics industry\" or \"comics creators.\""
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    "en:Comics"
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      "word": "Comicsgate"
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      "text": "→ Ukrainian: ко́мікс (kómiks)"
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      "word": "comic book"
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      "word": "graphic novel"
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        {
          "ref": "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by McCloud, Scott (1993) p. 4",
          "text": "[bold in original] \"Comics\" is the word worth defining, as it refers to the medium itself, not a specific object as \"comic book\" or \"comic strip\" do.\""
        },
        {
          "text": "Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide by Lyga, Allyson and Lyga, Barry. (June 30, 2004) p. 162, →ISBN\n[bold in original] The plural of comic is typically used as a singular (as \"politics\" is) to refer to the entire medium or industry. Hence, \"comics industry\" or \"comics creators.\""
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        "General-American"
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      "sense": "newspaper",
      "word": "funnies"
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      "sense": "newspaper",
      "word": "funny pages"
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      "sense": "newspaper",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "hazliyya",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
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      "roman": "mànhuà",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "漫画"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "bildliteraturo"
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "bande dessinée"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "BD"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "bédé"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Comicliteratur"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
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      "word": "κόμικς"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eikonafígisi",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "εικοναφήγηση"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "képregény"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "fumetti"
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      "alt": "まんが",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
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        "comics",
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        "media"
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      "word": "漫画"
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      "word": "戯画"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "komikku",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "комикс"
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      "alt": "漫畫",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "manhwa",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "만화"
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      "alt": "戲畫",
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      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "vaizdasaka"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "komik"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "kelawak"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tegneserier"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "komiks"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "quadrinhos"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "HQ"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "história em quadrinhos"
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
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      "word": "gibi"
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "banda desenhada"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "artistic medium",
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      "word": "tebeo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "tecknad serie"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "artistic medium",
      "word": "serie"
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