Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tragicomedy

/ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: tragi-com-e-dy
IPA: /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

Uncountable

noun

A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

Countable

Example Sentences

"This matters because after the tragicomedies of Brexit and Grexit, the world has been enjoying the spectacle of “Orkxit”. This month it was suggested that the Orkney Islands might like to secede from Britain and become a self-governing territory of Norway."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tragicomédie (whence French tragicomédie), itself borrowed from Italian tragicommedia, from Latin tragicōmoedia, tragicocōmoedia. By surface analysis, tragic + comedy, with haplology.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: tragicommedia, tragicōmoedia

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/
British English: /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

tragicomedies (plural) comicotragedy (alternative) comitragedy (alternative)

Derived Forms

tragicomedian tragicomedic tragicomedienne tragicomic tragicomical tragicomically

Frequently Paired Words

dramedy seriocomic

Synonyms

seriocomedy

Questions

How do you pronounce tragicomedy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/.
What does tragicomedy mean?: The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
Where does tragicomedy come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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