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commedia

comedy

noun kohm-MEH-dyah Less Common

Origin: from Greek komodia

Also means

play

Usage Note

Commedia means comedy but also a 'play' or 'comedy film'; note the double m. Italians know the commedia dell'arte, the masked improvised theater, and Dante's masterpiece is la Divina Commedia. The plural is commedie.

Examples

"Abbiamo visto una commedia divertente."

Natural Translation

We watched a funny comedy.

Literal Translation

We-have seen a comedy funny.

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