"romantic comedy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: romantic comedies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} romantic comedy (countable and uncountable, plural romantic comedies)
  1. (uncountable) A genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Comedy, Fiction, Film, Literary genres, Love, Romance fiction Synonyms: romcom, rom com, rom-com, romedy Translations (love story): romanttinen komedia (Finnish), comédie romantique [feminine] (French), Liebeskomödie [feminine] (German), romantische Komödie [feminine] (German), ρομαντική κωμωδία (romantikí komodía) (Greek), romantikus vígjáték (Hungarian), coiméide rómánsúil [feminine] (Irish), komedia romantyczna [feminine] (Polish), romantisk komedi [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (love story in fiction or film): romanttinen komedia (Finnish), Liebeskomödie [feminine] (German), romantische Komödie [feminine] (German), ρομαντική κωμωδία (romantikí komodía) (Greek), romantikus vígjáték (Hungarian), coiméide rómánsúil [feminine] (Irish), komedia romantyczna [feminine] (Polish), romantisk komedi [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-romantic_comedy-en-noun-DQobIuUh Disambiguation of Comedy: 97 3 Disambiguation of Fiction: 98 2 Disambiguation of Film: 97 3 Disambiguation of Literary genres: 99 1 Disambiguation of Love: 95 5 Disambiguation of Romance fiction: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'love story': 85 15 Disambiguation of 'love story in fiction or film': 91 9
  2. (countable) Such a story. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-romantic_comedy-en-noun-Cpz6JB6n

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