comedy of errors

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmɪdi əv ˈɛɹəz/
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• General-American: /ˌkɑmədi əv ˈɛɹəɹz/
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From comedy + of + errors, probably coined by the English playwright William Shakespeare (c. 1564 – 1616) as the title of the play The Comedy of Errors (written c. 1594; published 1623), about two sets of identical twins separated at birth who are involved in a series of mistaken identities.

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: erehdysten komedia — comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc.
• German: Verwechslungskomödie — comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc.
• Polish: komedia pomyłek — comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc.
• Swedish: fars — comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc.
• Swedish: förväxlingskomedi — comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc.
• Finnish: huvittava erehdysten sarja — series of amusing or farcical events involving awkward missteps or other mistakes
• Finnish: huvittava virheiden sarja — series of amusing or farcical events involving awkward missteps or other mistakes
• Polish: komedia pomyłek — series of amusing or farcical events involving awkward missteps or other mistakes