comédia

See also: comedia, comedía, and comèdia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, caurousing”) + either ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) or ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”), both from ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [koˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /koˈmɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [koˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /koˈmɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.a/ [koˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /koˈmɛ.d͡ʒja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈmɛ.djɐ/ [kuˈmɛ.ðjɐ]

• Hyphenation: co‧mé‧di‧a

Noun

comédia f (plural comédias)

1. comedy