/ ˈkɒmədi; NAmE ˈkɑːm-/ noun ( pl. -ies )
1.
[ C , U ] a play or film / movie that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending; plays and films / movies of this type :
a romantic comedy
—compare tragedy :
slapstick comedy
—see also black adjective (9), situation comedy
2.
[ U ] an amusing aspect of sth
SYN humour :
He didn't appreciate the comedy of the situation.
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (as a genre of drama, also denoting a narrative poem with a happy ending, as in Dante's Divine Comedy ): from Old French comedie , via Latin from Greek kōmōidia , from kōmōidos comic poet, from kōmos revel + aoidos singer.