"situation comedy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: situation comedies [plural], as sitcom [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} situation comedy (plural situation comedies)
  1. (comedy, television) An episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters. Wikidata QID: Q170238 Categories (topical): Comedy, Television Synonyms: sitcom Translations (episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom): 情景喜劇 /情景喜剧 (qíngjǐng xǐjù) (Chinese Mandarin), 處境喜劇 /处境喜剧 (chǔjìng xǐjù) (Chinese Mandarin), situationskomedie [common-gender] (Danish), situatie komedie (Dutch), tilannekomedia (Finnish), comédie de situation [feminine] (French), comique de situation [masculine] (French), comedia de situación [feminine] (Galician), სიტუაციური კომედია (siṭuaciuri ḳomedia) (Georgian), Situationskomik [feminine] (German), κωμωδία κατάστασης (komodía katástasis) [feminine] (Greek), szituációs komédia (Hungarian), komedi situasi (Indonesian), commedia di situazione [feminine] (Italian), ホームコメディ (hōmu komedi) (Japanese), 연속 코메디 (yeonsok komedi) (Korean), comoedia situationis [feminine] (Latin), komedi keadaan (Malay), komedi situasi (Malay), komedi suasana (Malay), situasjonskomedie [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), situasjonskomedie [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), komedia sytuacyjna [feminine] (Polish), sitcom [masculine] (Polish), sitcom [masculine] (Portuguese), comédia de situação [feminine] (Portuguese), comedie de situație [feminine] (Romanian), коме́дия положе́ний (komédija položénij) [feminine] (Russian), ситко́м (sitkóm) [masculine] (Russian), comedia de situación [feminine] (Spanish), situationskomedi [common-gender] (Swedish), durum komedisi (Turkish)

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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "word": "komedi situasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "word": "komedi suasana"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "situasjonskomedie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "situasjonskomedie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "komedia sytuacyjna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sitcom"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sitcom"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comédia de situação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comedie de situație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "komédija položénij",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коме́дия положе́ний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sitkóm",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ситко́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comedia de situación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "situationskomedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom",
      "word": "durum komedisi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "situation comedy"
}

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