Phrase guide

comic book

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: comics, literature, media, publishing

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a magazine devoted to comic strips

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magazine, mag

History

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: комикс (komiks) — book or magazine
  • Catalan: còmic — book or magazine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漫畫書 /漫画书 (mànhuàshū) — book or magazine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漫畫冊 /漫画册 (mànhuàcè) — book or magazine
  • Danish: tegneserie — book or magazine
  • Dutch: stripboek — book or magazine
  • Esperanto: bildrakonto — book or magazine
  • Estonian: koomiksivihik — book or magazine
  • Estonian: koomiks — book or magazine
  • Finnish: sarjakuvalehti — book or magazine
  • Finnish: sarjakuvakirja — book or magazine
  • French: bande dessinée — book or magazine
  • French: bédé — book or magazine
  • German: Comicbuch — book or magazine
  • Italian: fumetto — book or magazine
  • Japanese: 漫画本 — book or magazine
  • Japanese: コミックブック (komikku bukku) — book or magazine
  • Korean: 만화책 (manhwachaek) — book or magazine
  • Polish: komiks — book or magazine
  • Portuguese: (revista de) história em quadrinhos — book or magazine
  • Portuguese: gibi — book or magazine
  • Russian: ко́микс (kómiks) — book or magazine
  • Scots: comic buik — book or magazine
  • Spanish: cómic — book or magazine
  • Spanish: tebeo — book or magazine
  • Spanish: colorín — book or magazine
  • Spanish: paquín — book or magazine
  • Spanish: revista de historietas — book or magazine
  • Swedish: serietidning — book or magazine
  • Swedish: seriemagasin — book or magazine
  • Swedish: seriealbum — book or magazine
  • Thai: หนังสือการ์ตูน (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-gaa-dtuun) — book or magazine
  • Turkish: çizgi roman — book or magazine
  • Turkish: çizgi roman albümü — book or magazine