tragicommedia

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tragicōmoedia. By surface analysis, tragico (“tragic”) +‎ commedia (“comedy”), with haplology.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tra.d͡ʒi.komˈmɛ.dja/
Rhymes: -ɛdja
Hyphenation: tra‧gi‧com‧mè‧dia

Noun

tragicommedia f (plural tragicommedie)

tragicomedy

Related terms

tragicomico

Descendants

→ Middle French: tragicomédie
- French: tragicomédie
- → English: tragicomedy

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