noun
Meaning 1
Situation comedy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sitcom
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtˌkɒm/
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General-American: /ˈsɪtˌkɑm/
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noun
Meaning 2
Acronym of single income, two children, oppressive/outrageous mortgage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: situation comedy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: television program, TV program, television show, TV show
noun
Meaning 4
a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: situation comedy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: comedy
History
Etymology
Shortening of situation comedy.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: كُومِيدِيَا اَلْمَوْقِف (kōmīdiyā l-mawqif) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Chinese Mandarin: 情景喜劇 /情景喜剧 (qíngjǐng xǐjù) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Chinese Mandarin: 處境喜劇 /处境喜剧 (chǔjìng xǐjù) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Finnish: tilannekomedia — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- French: comédie de situation — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- French: sitcom — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Georgian: სიტკომი (siṭḳomi) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Georgian: სიტუაციური კომედია (siṭuaciuri ḳomedia) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- German: Sitcom — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Hungarian: szitkom — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Japanese: シットコム (shittokomu) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Korean: 시트콤 (siteukom) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Malay: sitkom — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Romanian: sitcom — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Russian: ситуацио́нная коме́дия (situaciónnaja komédija) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Russian: ситко́м (sitkóm) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Russian: комеди́йное шо́у (komedíjnoje šóu) — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Swedish: situationskomedi — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Swedish: sitcom — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
- Turkish: durum komedisi — situation comedy — see also situation comedy
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