Comedy Romantic Play Film Humorous Tv Noun ˈkɒmədi

• a romantic comedy
• a black comedy (= a play or film that deals with unpleasant or terrible things in a humorous way)
• a slapstick comedy
• he moved to los angeles to write comedy.

comedy

1. a play, film or TV show that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending; plays, films and TV shows of this type
• COMPARE tragedy
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tragedy
• a romantic comedy
• a black comedy (= a play or film that deals with unpleasant or terrible things in a humorous way)
• a slapstick comedy
• He moved to Los Angeles to write comedy.
• a comedy about an eccentric family
• She went on to star in a hit comedy series.
• His TV comedy shows ran during the 70s and 80s.
• a comedy series/show

Extra Examples

• Does he play comedy?
• a popular romantic comedy
• They spent hours watching comedy on television.
2. professional entertainment with jokes, short acts, etc. that is intended to be funny
• SEE ALSO stand-up (1)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stand-up_3#standup_sng_1
• The show combines theatre with the best of stand-up and sketch comedy.
3. a humorous aspect of something
• SYNONYM humour
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/humour_2
• Her imaginative interpretation of the script brought out the comedy inherent in it.
• He didn't appreciate the comedy of the situation.
• The visual comedy of this scene is obvious.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (as a genre of drama, also denoting a narrative poem with a happy ending, as in Dante's Divine Comedy): from Old French comedie, via Latin from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmōidos ‘comic poet’, from kōmos ‘revel’ + aoidos ‘singer’.