tebeo

From Latin Thebaeus, Ancient Greek Θηβαῖος (Thēbaîos).

• IPA^(key): /teˈbɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: te‧bè‧o

tebeo (feminine tebea, masculine plural tebei, feminine plural tebee)

1. Thebaean

• tebeo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From TBO, an influential magazine featuring such works, published from 1917, perhaps a play on the homophone te veo (“I see you”).

• IPA^(key): /teˈbeo/ [t̪eˈβ̞e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: te‧be‧o

tebeo m (plural tebeos)

1. (Spain) comic, comic book, graphic novel

   Synonyms: historieta, cómic

   Coordinate terms: novela gráfica, fanzine

• “tebeo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024