comédie

Definitions of comédie
  1. noun
    a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
  2. noun
    light and humorous drama with a happy ending
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    antonyms:
    drame, tragédie
    drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
    types:
    mélodrame
    an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization
    type of:
    drame
    the literary genre of works intended for the theater
  3. noun
    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
    synonyms: faux, mascarade
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    type of:
    contrefaçon, falsification, imitation
    something copied or derived from an original
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