English-French translations for comedy

• comédie
  Ce qu'il y a de bien dans la vie, c'est que les comédies ne sont pas seulement le privilège de Dante, mais qu'on en voit parfois aussi ici au Parlement européen. One of the good things in this life is that Dante's is not the only comedy; Parliament puts one on from time to time.

Definition of comedy

• A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
• A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., ''The Divine Comedy''
• The genre of such works
• The art of composing comedy

Examples

• Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?

Related words

• tragicomedy
• black comedy
• situation comedy
• stand-up comedy
• romantic comedy
• action comedy
• dark comedy