English Explanatory Dictionary

cartoon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
  2. A drawing satirising current public figures.
  3. An artist's preliminary sketch.
  4. A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
  5. An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
  6. A cartoon series.
  7. A diagram in a scientific concept.
verb
  1. To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
  2. To make a preliminary sketch.

Pronunciation

/kɑːˈtuːn/ /kɑɹˈtun/ en-us-cartoon.ogg /ˈkɑː(r).ʈuːn/

Word forms

cartoon cartoons cartooning cartooned

Etymology

In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card.

Synonyms

comic strip strip cartoon caricature political cartoon animated cartoon animation

Related words

cartoonist comic book funnies funny pages funny papers strip cartoon

Derived words

animated cartoon cartoon character cartooner cartoonery cartoonesque cartooney cartoonish cartoonist cartoonistic cartoonlike cartoon physics cartoony editorial cartoon pocket cartoon political cartoon Saturday-morning cartoon spokestoon strip cartoon

Translations

Afrikaans: tekenprent Albanian: film vizatimor Albanian: kartonë Albanian: film me kartonë Arabic: كَرْتُون Arabic: فِيلْم كَرْتُون Arabic: كَرْتون Arabic: فِلِم كَرْتون Azerbaijani: cizgi film Bashkir: йәнһүрәт Belarusian: мультыплікацы́йны фільм Belarusian: мультфі́льм Bulgarian: мултиплика́ция Catalan: dibuixos animats Chinese Cantonese: 卡通 Chinese Cantonese: 卡通片 Chinese Mandarin: 動畫 /动画 Chinese Mandarin: 動畫片 /动画片 Chinese Mandarin: 卡通 Danish: tegnefilm Dutch: tekenfilm Esperanto: animaciaĵo Esperanto: animaciita desegno Finnish: piirrosfilmi Finnish: piirretty Finnish: piirrossarja Finnish: piirroselokuva French: dessin animé Georgian: მულტფილმი Georgian: მულტიპლიკაციური ფილმი Georgian: ანიმაცია Georgian: ანიმაციური ფილმი German: Zeichentrickfilm German: Cartoon German: Zeichentrick Greek: κινούμενο σχέδιο Greek: κινούμενα σχέδια Hebrew: סֶרֶט מְצֻיָּר Hindi: कार्टून Hungarian: rajzfilm Italian: cartone animato Japanese: カートゥーン Japanese: アニメーション Japanese: アニメ Korean: 애니메이션 Korean: 만화영화 Korean: 그림영화 Luxembourgish: Zeechentrickfilm Macedonian: цр́тан филм Malay: kartun Māori: pakiwaitara Māori: pakiwaituhi Norman: annînmâtion Norwegian Bokmål: animasjonsfilm Iranian Persian: کَرْتون Polish: kreskówka Polish: film rysunkowy Polish: film animowany Portuguese: desenho animado Portuguese: desenho Romanian: desen Romanian: desen animat Russian: мультипликацио́нный фильм Russian: мультфи́льм Russian: анимацио́нный фильм Russian: му́льтик Serbo-Croatian: цртани филм Serbo-Croatian: crtani film Slovak: kreslený film Slovene: risanka Slovene: risani film Spanish: dibujos animados Spanish: monos animados Spanish: dibujitos Spanish: caricaturas Swahili: katuni
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