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cartoon

noun
/kɑːˈtuːn/UK/kɑɹˈtun/US/ˈkɑː(r).ʈuːn/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from χάρτης
  2. derived from carta
  3. derived from cartone
  4. derived from carton

Definitions

  1. A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

  2. A drawing satirising current public figures.

    • The newspaper published a political cartoon mocking the mayor.

  3. An artist's preliminary sketch.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.

    2. An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

      • The children watched a funny cartoon on TV.

    3. A cartoon series.

    4. A diagram in a scientific concept.

    5. To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.

    6. To make a preliminary sketch.

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Derived

animated cartoon, cartoon character, cartooner, cartoonery, cartoonesque, cartooney, cartoonish, cartoonist, cartoonistic, cartoonlike, cartoon physics, cartoony, editorial cartoon, pocket cartoon, political cartoon, Saturday-morning cartoon, spokestoon, strip cartoon

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