bande dessinée — meaning in English

English meaning

• cartoon noun A humorous or satirical drawing, often with a caption.
• comic adj Funny or intended to amuse; relating to comedy.
• comics noun Comic books, comic strips, and similar picture-story media as a whole.
• toon noun Informal: a cartoon, especially an animated show or character.

Senses

bande dessinée is used for these senses in English:

• cartoon (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
• comic book (comics) 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.
• comic strip (comics) A series of drawings, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature; more specifically, a single work consisting of a short row of such drawings.
• comics the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art
• graphic novel (comics) A comic book containing a single and full nonepisodic story.
• toon (informal) An animated cartoon character.

cartoon — full definition

1. noun A humorous or satirical drawing, often with a caption.
2. noun An animated film or television show.
3. verb To draw in a cartoon style, or to caricature.

comic — full definition

1. adj Funny or intended to amuse; relating to comedy.
2. noun A comedian, or a magazine or booklet telling a story through drawn panels.

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