comedienne

See also: comédienne

English

Alternative forms

• comédienne

Etymology

Borrowed from French comédienne. Compare doyenne.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˌmiːdɪˈɛn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˌmiːdiˈɛn/

Noun

comedienne (plural comediennes)

1. (dated) A female comedian.

Usage notes

Some consider this word to be an outdated gendered term, preferring to use comedian or comic for women instead.

Hypernyms

• comedian (male and female comedian)
• comic

Derived terms

• tragicomedienne

Related terms

• comedian (male comedian)

Translations

female comedian

• Burmese: ဟာသမင်းသမီး (my) (hasa.mang:sa.mi:), ဟာသမယ် (hasa.mai)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喜劇女演員, 喜剧女演员 (xǐjù nǚyǎnyuán)

• Esperanto: komikistino
• Finnish: komedienne (fi)
• French: comédienne (fr)
• Japanese: コメディエンヌ

Anagrams

• neoendemic