bande dessinée

Definitions of bande dessinée
  1. noun
    a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
    synonyms: album de bandes dessinées
  2. noun
    a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
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    types:
    album de bandes dessinées
    a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
    type of:
    boutade, humour
    a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  3. noun
    a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
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    type of:
    reportage
    a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature
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