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)

  1. tragicomedy

Descendants

  • → Middle French: tragicomédie
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