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- [kahr-toon]
- /kɑrˈtun/
- /kɑːˈtuːn/
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- [kahr-toon]
- /kɑrˈtun/
Definitions of cartoon word
- countable noun cartoon A cartoon is a humorous drawing or series of drawings in a newspaper or magazine. 3
- countable noun cartoon A cartoon is a film in which all the characters and scenes are drawn rather than being real people or objects. 3
- noun cartoon a humorous or satirical drawing, esp one in a newspaper or magazine, concerning a topical event 3
- noun cartoon a sequence of drawings in a newspaper, magazine, etc, relating a comic or adventurous situation 3
- noun cartoon a full-size preparatory sketch for a fresco, tapestry, mosaic, etc, from which the final work is traced or copied 3
- noun cartoon a drawing, as in a newspaper, caricaturing or symbolizing, often satirically, some event, situation, or person of topical interest 3
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Origin of cartoon
First appearance:
before 1665 One of the 47% oldest English words
1665-75; < Italian cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equivalent to cart(a) paper (see carte) + -one augmentative suffix
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Parts of speech for Cartoon
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cartoon popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cartoon
noun cartoon
- sketch — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- comic strip — A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.
- animation — Animation is the process of making films in which drawings or puppets appear to move.
verb cartoon
- satirize — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- jiving — swing music or early jazz.
- photostat — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- satirise — to attack or ridicule with satire.
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