Meaning

4 senses
  1. An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

    Komiker, Komikerin, Humorist

    юмори́стjumoríst, ко́микkómik, комедиа́нтkomediánt

    гумори́стhumorýst, ко́мікkómik, комедіа́нтkomediánt

    a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

  2. (broadly)Any person who is humorous or amusing, either characteristically or on a particular occasion.

  3. (dated)A person who performs in theatrical plays.

  4. (obsolete)A writer of comedies.

Examples

75 sentences
  1. Tom is an aspiring stand-up comedian.

    Том — честолюбивий артист розмовного жанру.

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  2. Who's your favorite comedian?

    Хто твій улюблений комедійний актор?

    ruКто твой любимый комедийный актёр?

    deWer ist dein Lieblingskomiker?

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  3. I was a comedian.

    Я був комедіантом.

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  4. He's a comedian.

    Він комік.

    ruОн комик.

    deEr ist ein Komödiant.

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  5. Who's your favorite stand-up comedian?

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Translations

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Origin

From French comédien, from comédie + -ien, from Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, f

From French comédien, from comédie + -ien, from Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía). By surface analysis, comed(y) + -ian.

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Forms

plural: comedians

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts:comic

Word family

1 related words

See also

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