tragicomic

English

Alternative forms

• tragicomedic, comitragic

Etymology

Blend of tragic +‎ comic

Adjective

tragicomic (comparative more tragicomic, superlative most tragicomic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy; having both tragic and comic aspects.

   Synonyms: comicotragic, comicotragical, jocoserious

   Coordinate term: tragicofarcical

   • 2009 April 12, Robert D. McFadden, Scott Shane, “In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates”, in The New York Times, page A1:

     The pirates threatened to kill Captain Phillips if attacked, and the result was tragicomic: the world’s most powerful navy vs. a lifeboat.

Translations

related to tragicomedy

• Armenian: ողբերգակատակերգական (hy) (oġbergakatakergakan)
• Catalan: tragicòmic (ca)
• Danish: tragikomisk (da)
• Dutch: tragikomisch (nl)
• Finnish: surkuhupaisa (fi)
• French: tragicomique (fr) m or f
• Galician: traxicómico
• German: tragikomisch (de)
• Italian: tragicomico
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tragikomisk

  Nynorsk: tragikomisk

• Polish: tragikomiczny
• Russian: трагикоми́чный (ru) (tragikomíčnyj), трагикоми́ческий (ru) (tragikomíčeskij)
• Spanish: tragicómico (es)
• Swedish: tragikomisk (sv), sorglustig (sv)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tragi-comique.

Adjective

tragicomic m or n (feminine singular tragicomică, masculine plural tragicomici, feminine and neuter plural tragicomice)

1. tragicomic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	tragicomic		tragicomică		tragicomici	tragicomice
	definite	tragicomicul		tragicomica		tragicomicii	tragicomicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	tragicomic		tragicomice		tragicomici	tragicomice
	definite	tragicomicului		tragicomicei		tragicomicilor	tragicomicelor