cartoon

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɑːˈtuːn/
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• General-American: /kɑɹˈtun/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -uːn
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA0 R T UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card.

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: spotprent — humorous drawing or strip
• Arabic: كَارِيكَاتِير (karikatīr) — humorous drawing or strip
• Arabic: كَارِيكَاتُور (karikatūr) — humorous drawing or strip
• Arabic: رَسْم هَزْلِيّ (rasm hazliyy) — humorous drawing or strip
• Belarusian: ко́мікс (kómiks) — humorous drawing or strip
• Belarusian: карыкату́ра (karykatúra) — humorous drawing or strip
• Belarusian: шарж (šarž) — humorous drawing or strip
• Bulgarian: карикату́ра (karikatúra) — humorous drawing or strip
• Catalan: vinyeta — humorous drawing or strip
• Catalan: tira còmica — humorous drawing or strip
• Chinese Mandarin: 卡通 (kǎtōng) — humorous drawing or strip
• Chinese Mandarin: 諷刺畫 /讽刺画 (fěngcìhuà) — humorous drawing or strip
• Chinese Mandarin: 漫畫 /漫画 (mànhuà) — humorous drawing or strip
• Danish: tegneserie — humorous drawing or strip
• Esperanto: kartuno — humorous drawing or strip
• Finnish: pilakuva — humorous drawing or strip
• Finnish: sarjakuva — humorous drawing or strip
• French: bande dessinée — humorous drawing or strip
• French: BD — humorous drawing or strip
• French: caricature — humorous drawing or strip
• Galician: tira cómica — humorous drawing or strip
• German: Karton — humorous drawing or strip
• German: Karikatur — humorous drawing or strip
• German: Cartoon — humorous drawing or strip
• Ido: kartuno — humorous drawing or strip
• Italian: vignetta — humorous drawing or strip
• Japanese: 風刺画 (fūshiga) — humorous drawing or strip
• Japanese: 戯画 (giga) — humorous drawing or strip
• Japanese: 漫画 — humorous drawing or strip
• Korean: 만화 (manhwa) — humorous drawing or strip
• Luxembourgish: Cartoon — humorous drawing or strip
• Macedonian: стрип (strip) — humorous drawing or strip
• Macedonian: карикату́ра (karikatúra) — humorous drawing or strip
• Māori: pakiwaitara — humorous drawing or strip
• Iranian Persian: کَرْتون (kartun) — humorous drawing or strip
• Polish: komiks — humorous drawing or strip
• Portuguese: cartum — humorous drawing or strip
• Portuguese: charge — humorous drawing or strip
• Russian: ко́микс (kómiks) — humorous drawing or strip
• Russian: карикату́ра (karikatúra) — humorous drawing or strip
• Russian: шарж (šarž) — humorous drawing or strip
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbh-èibhinn — humorous drawing or strip
• Slovak: komiks — humorous drawing or strip
• Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo — humorous drawing or strip
• Spanish: viñeta — humorous drawing or strip
• Spanish: tira cómica — humorous drawing or strip
• Swahili: katuni — humorous drawing or strip
• Swahili: vibonzo — humorous drawing or strip
• Tagalog: tawo-tawo — humorous drawing or strip
• Thai: การ์ตูน (gaa-dtuun) — humorous drawing or strip
• Ukrainian: ко́мікс (kómiks) — humorous drawing or strip
• Ukrainian: карикату́ра (karykatúra) — humorous drawing or strip
• Ukrainian: шарж (šarž) — humorous drawing or strip
• Afrikaans: spotprent — satire of public figures
• Catalan: caricatura — satire of public figures
• Czech: karikatura — satire of public figures
• Danish: karikaturtegning — satire of public figures
• Finnish: pilapiirros — satire of public figures
• Finnish: pilakuva — satire of public figures
• French: caricature — satire of public figures
• Galician: caricatura — satire of public figures
• German: Karikatur — satire of public figures
• Italian: caricatura — satire of public figures
• Luxembourgish: Cartoon — satire of public figures
• Macedonian: карикату́ра (karikatúra) — satire of public figures
• Occitan: caricatura — satire of public figures
• Polish: karykatura — satire of public figures
• Portuguese: charge — satire of public figures
• Portuguese: caricatura — satire of public figures
• Romanian: caricatură — satire of public figures
• Russian: карикату́ра (karikatúra) — satire of public figures
• Slovak: karikatúra — satire of public figures
• Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo — satire of public figures
• Spanish: caricatura — satire of public figures
• Tagalog: tawo-tawo — satire of public figures
• Vietnamese: tranh biếm hoạ — satire of public figures
• Catalan: cartó — artist's preliminary sketch
• Finnish: luonnos — artist's preliminary sketch
• French: croquis — artist's preliminary sketch
• Italian: cartone — artist's preliminary sketch
• Macedonian: скица (skica) — artist's preliminary sketch
• Occitan: croquís — artist's preliminary sketch
• Occitan: crocadís — artist's preliminary sketch
• Polish: szkic — artist's preliminary sketch
• Portuguese: desenho — artist's preliminary sketch
• Portuguese: croquis — artist's preliminary sketch
• Romanian: desen — artist's preliminary sketch
• Slovak: náčrt — artist's preliminary sketch
• Slovak: skica — artist's preliminary sketch
• Spanish: boceto — artist's preliminary sketch
• Afrikaans: tekenprent — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Albanian: film vizatimor — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Albanian: kartonë — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Albanian: film me kartonë — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Arabic: كَرْتُون (kartūn) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Arabic: فِيلْم كَرْتُون (film kartūn) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Arabic: كَرْتون (kartōn) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Arabic: فِلِم كَرْتون (filim kartōn) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Azerbaijani: cizgi film — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Bashkir: йәнһүрәт (yənhürət) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Belarusian: мультыплікацы́йны фільм (mulʹtyplikacýjny filʹm) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Belarusian: мультфі́льм (mulʹtfílʹm) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Bulgarian: мултиплика́ция (multiplikácija) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Catalan: dibuixos animats — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Chinese Cantonese: 卡通 — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Chinese Cantonese: 卡通片 — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Chinese Mandarin: 動畫 /动画 (dònghuà) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Chinese Mandarin: 動畫片 /动画片 (dònghuàpiàn) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Chinese Mandarin: 卡通 (kǎtōng) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Danish: tegnefilm — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Dutch: tekenfilm — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Esperanto: animaciaĵo — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Esperanto: animaciita desegno — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Finnish: piirrosfilmi — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Finnish: piirretty — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Finnish: piirrossarja — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Finnish: piirroselokuva — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• French: dessin animé — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Georgian: მულტფილმი (mulṭpilmi) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Georgian: მულტიპლიკაციური ფილმი (mulṭiṗliḳaciuri pilmi) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Georgian: ანიმაცია (animacia) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Georgian: ანიმაციური ფილმი (animaciuri pilmi) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• German: Zeichentrickfilm — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• German: Cartoon — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• German: Zeichentrick — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Greek: κινούμενο σχέδιο (kinoúmeno schédio) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Greek: κινούμενα σχέδια (kinoúmena schédia) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Hebrew: סֶרֶט מְצֻיָּר (séret m'tzuyyár) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Hindi: कार्टून (kārṭūn) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Hungarian: rajzfilm — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Italian: cartone animato — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Japanese: カートゥーン (kātūn) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Japanese: アニメーション (animēshon) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Japanese: アニメ — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Korean: 애니메이션 (aenimeisyeon) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Korean: 만화영화 (manhwayeonghwa) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Korean: 그림영화 (geurimyeonghwa) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Luxembourgish: Zeechentrickfilm — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Macedonian: цр́тан филм (cŕtan film) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Malay: kartun — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Māori: pakiwaitara — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Māori: pakiwaituhi — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Norman: annînmâtion — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Norwegian Bokmål: animasjonsfilm — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Iranian Persian: کَرْتون (kartun) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Polish: kreskówka — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Polish: film rysunkowy — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Polish: film animowany — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Portuguese: desenho animado — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Portuguese: desenho — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Romanian: desen — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Romanian: desen animat — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Russian: мультипликацио́нный фильм (mulʹtiplikaciónnyj filʹm) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Russian: мультфи́льм (mulʹtfílʹm) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Russian: анимацио́нный фильм (animaciónnyj filʹm) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Russian: му́льтик (múlʹtik) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Serbo-Croatian: цртани филм — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Serbo-Croatian: crtani film — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Slovak: kreslený film — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Slovene: risanka — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Slovene: risani film — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Spanish: dibujos animados — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Spanish: monos animados — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Spanish: dibujitos — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Spanish: caricaturas — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Swahili: katuni — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Swedish: tecknat — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Swedish: tecknad serie — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Tagalog: tawo-tawo — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Thai: การ์ตูน (gaa-dtuun) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Thai: ภาพยนตร์การ์ตูน (pâap-pá-yon-gaa-dtuun) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Ukrainian: мультфі́льм (mulʹtfílʹm) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Ukrainian: мультиплікаці́йний фільм (mulʹtyplikacíjnyj filʹm) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Ukrainian: мультипліка́ція (mulʹtyplikácija) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Ukrainian: му́льтик (múlʹtyk) — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Uzbek: multfilm — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Vietnamese: hoạt hình — animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon
• Afrikaans: tekening — diagram in a scientific concept
• Bulgarian: гра́фика (gráfika) — diagram in a scientific concept
• Danish: tegning — diagram in a scientific concept
• Finnish: kaavio — diagram in a scientific concept
• Polish: diagram — diagram in a scientific concept
• Russian: диагра́мма (diagrámma) — diagram in a scientific concept
• Russian: гра́фик (gráfik) — diagram in a scientific concept
• Spanish: diagrama — diagram in a scientific concept