cartoon
English
/kɑɹˈtuːn/, /kɑːˈtuːn/
noun
Definitions
- (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
- (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
- (arts) An artist's preliminary sketch.
- (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
- A diagram in a scientific concept.
Etymology
Derived from French carton (cardboard, sketch, card) derived from Italian cartone (cardboard, carton, box) derived from Latin carta (papyrus).
Origin
Latin
carta
Gloss
papyrus
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- carton English
- cartooner English
- cartoonesque English
- cartooniness English
- cartoonish English
- cartoonishly English
- cartoonishness English
- cartoonist English
- cartoonistic English
- cartoonlike English
- cartoony English
- webcartoonist English
- carta Latin
- charta Latin
- Cartoon German
- Karton German
- carta Italian
- cartello Italian
- cartoccio Italian
- cartonaggio Italian
- cartoncino Italian
- cartone Italian
- cartongesso Italian
- cartonificio Italian
- cartuccia Italian
- incartonare Italian
- karton Dutch, Flemish
- carton French
- cartonner French
- encartonner French
- картон Russian
- χάρτης Ancient Greek
- karta Polish
- karton Polish
- कार्टून Hindi
- การ์ตูน Thai
- các tông Vietnamese
- 卡通 Chinese
- katuni Swahili
- ការតុង Central Khmer
- كرتون Hijazi Arabic
- karton Crimean Tatar