situation comedy

English

Noun

situation comedy (plural situation comedies) (abbreviated as sitcom)

2. (comedy, television) An episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters.

   Synonym: sitcom

   Hypernym: comedy

   • 1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest:

     […] in a time of peril and opportunity, the old complacent, unbalanced fare of action-adventure and situation comedies is simply not good enough.

Translations

episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 情景喜劇／情景喜剧 (qíngjǐng xǐjù), 處境喜劇／处境喜剧 (chǔjìng xǐjù)

• Danish: situationskomedie c
• Dutch: situatie komedie ?
• Finnish: tilannekomedia (fi)
• French: comédie de situation (fr) f, comique de situation (fr) m
• Galician: comedia de situación f
• Georgian: სიტუაციური კომედია (siṭuaciuri ḳomedia)
• German: Situationskomik (de) f
• Greek: κωμωδία κατάστασης f (komodía katástasis)
• Hungarian: szituációs komédia
• Italian: commedia di situazione f
• Japanese: ホームコメディ (hōmu komedi)
• Korean: 연속 코메디 (yeonsok komedi)
• Latin: comoedia situationis f
• Malay: komedi keadaan, komedi situasi, komedi suasana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: situasjonskomedie m

  Nynorsk: situasjonskomedie m

• Polish: komedia sytuacyjna f, sitcom (pl) m
• Portuguese: sitcom (pt) m, comédia de situação f
• Romanian: comedie de situație f
• Russian: коме́дия положе́ний f (komédija položénij), ситко́м (ru) m (sitkóm)
• Spanish: comedia de situación f
• Swedish: situationskomedi c
• Turkish: durum komedisi

Further reading

• situation comedy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia