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stand-up comedy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

comedy performed on stage by a single comedian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: monòleg — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Catalan: comèdia verbal — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Chinese Cantonese: 棟篤笑 /栋笃笑 (dung6 duk1 siu3) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單口相聲 /单口相声 (dānkǒu xiàngsheng) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棟篤笑 /栋笃笑 (dòngdǔxiào) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單口喜劇 /单口喜剧 (dān kǒu xǐjù) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Finnish: stand up -komedia — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Finnish: lavakomedia — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Finnish: lavakomiikka — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • German: Stand-up-Comedy — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Icelandic: uppistand — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Indonesian: komedi statis — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Indonesian: komedi tunggal — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Indonesian: lawakan tunggal — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Indonesian: borangan — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Italian: monologo — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Japanese: スタンドアップ (sutandoappu) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Japanese: スタンダップコメディ (sutandoappu komedi) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Korean: 스탠드업 (seutaendeueop) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Korean: 스탠드업 코미디 (seutaendeueop komidi) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Polish: stand-up — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Portuguese: comédia stand-up — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Russian: стенда́п (stɛndáp) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Russian: стенда́п-коме́дия (stɛndáp-komédija) — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Spanish: comedia en vivo — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Spanish: monólogo cómico — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Spanish: monólogo — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Spanish: stand up — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Swedish: ståuppkomik — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • Vietnamese: hài độc thoại — comedy performed on stage by a single comedian