sitcom
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtˌkɒm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtˌkɑm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
Shortening of situation comedy.
Noun
sitcom (plural sitcoms)
Alternative forms
- sit-com, sit com
Hypernyms
Translations
situation comedy — see also situation comedy
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Etymology 2
Noun
sitcom (plural sitcoms)
- Acronym of single income, two children, oppressive/outrageous mortgage.
- 1992, Earl G. Hunt, Jr., Recovering the Sacred: Papers From the Sanctuary and the Academy, Jonathan Creek Press, →ISBN, page 254:
- "Today we have Grumps (grim, ruthless, upwardly mobile professionals), Dinks (those with dual-income, no kids), Sitcoms (those with single-income, two children, outrageous mortgages); and, just to recognize the graying populace in this country, Opals (older people with active lifestyles)."
- 1993, Daniel Moreau, Kiplinger's Facing Forty: How to Deal Successfully with the Changes in Your Life, Kiplinger Books, →ISBN, page 7:
- "There are MINKs (multiple income, no kids) and what may be the acronym of the '90s, SITCOMs (single income, two children, outrageous mortgage)."
- 2003, Judith Sealander, The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
- "By the end of the 1990s, in some circles, parents had become SITCOMS (single income, two children, oppressive mortgage) and those without children were THINKERS (two healthy incomes, no kids, early retirement)."
Alternative forms
- SITCOM
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsitkom/, [ˈs̠it̪ko̞m]
- Rhymes: -itkom
Noun
sitcom (rare)
- synonym of tilannekomedia
Declension
| Inflection of sitcom (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | sitcom | sitcomit | |
| genitive | sitcomin | sitcomien | |
| partitive | sitcomia | sitcomeja | |
| illative | sitcomiin | sitcomeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sitcom | sitcomit | |
| accusative | nom. | sitcom | sitcomit |
| gen. | sitcomin | ||
| genitive | sitcomin | sitcomien | |
| partitive | sitcomia | sitcomeja | |
| inessive | sitcomissa | sitcomeissa | |
| elative | sitcomista | sitcomeista | |
| illative | sitcomiin | sitcomeihin | |
| adessive | sitcomilla | sitcomeilla | |
| ablative | sitcomilta | sitcomeilta | |
| allative | sitcomille | sitcomeille | |
| essive | sitcomina | sitcomeina | |
| translative | sitcomiksi | sitcomeiksi | |
| abessive | sitcomitta | sitcomeitta | |
| instructive | — | sitcomein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “sitcom”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sit.kɔm/
Audio: (file)
Noun
sitcom m (plural sitcoms)
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sitcom.
Noun
sitcom f (invariable)
- sitcom (situation-comedy)
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sitcom.
Noun
sitcom (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural sitcoms)
- sitcom; situation comedy
- Synonym: comédia de situação
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sidˈkom/ [sið̞ˈkõm]
- Rhymes: -om
- Syllabification: sit‧com
Noun
sitcom m (plural sitcoms)