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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.
cartoon (plural cartoons)
- (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
- (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
- (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.
- (art) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
- (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- A diagram in a scientific concept.
- (humorous drawing or strip): comic strip, strip cartoon
- (satire of public figures): caricature, political cartoon
- (animated piece of film): animated cartoon, animation
humorous drawing or strip
- Afrikaans: spotprent (af)
- Arabic: كَارِيكَاتِير m (karikatīr), كَارِيكَاتُور m (karikatūr), رَسْم هَزْلِيّ m (rasm hazliyy)
- Belarusian: ко́мікс m (kómiks), карыкату́ра f (karykatúra), шарж m (šarž)
- Bulgarian: карикату́ра (bg) f (karikatúra)
- Catalan: vinyeta (ca) f, tira còmica f
- Chinese:
- Danish: tegneserie (da) c
- Esperanto: kartuno
- Finnish: pilakuva (fi) (single-frame), sarjakuva (fi) (strip)
- French: bande dessinée (fr), BD (fr), caricature (fr) f
- Galician: tira cómica (gl) f
- German: Karton (de) m, Karikatur (de) f, Cartoon (de) m or n
- Ido: kartuno (io)
- Italian: vignetta (it) f
- Japanese: 風刺画 (ja) (ふうしが, fūshiga), 戯画 (ja) (ぎが, giga), 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga)
- Korean: 만화(漫畫) (ko) (manhwa)
- Luxembourgish: Cartoon
- Macedonian: стрип m (strip), карикату́ра f (karikatúra)
- Maori: pakiwaitara
- Persian: کارتون (fa) (kârtun)
- Polish: komiks (pl) m, historyjka (pl) obrazkowa f
- Portuguese: cartum (pt) m, charge (pt) f (Brazil)
- Russian: ко́микс (ru) m (kómiks), карикату́ра (ru) f (karikatúra), шарж (ru) m (šarž)
- Scottish Gaelic: dealbh-èibhinn m
- Slovak: komiks m
- Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo
- Spanish: viñeta (es) f, tira cómica (es) f
- Swahili: katuni, vibonzo
- Tagalog: tawo-tawo
- Thai: การ์ตูน (th) (gaa-dtuun)
- Ukrainian: ко́мікс m (kómiks), карикату́ра f (karykatúra), шарж m (šarž)
satire of public figures
- Afrikaans: spotprent (af)
- Catalan: caricatura (ca) f
- Czech: karikatura (cs) f
- Danish: karikaturtegning c
- Finnish: pilapiirros (fi), pilakuva (fi)
- French: caricature (fr) f
- Galician: caricatura (gl) f
- German: Karikatur (de) f
- Italian: caricatura (it) f
- Luxembourgish: Cartoon
- Macedonian: карикату́ра f (karikatúra)
- Occitan: caricatura (oc) f
- Polish: karykatura (pl) f
- Portuguese: charge (pt) (Brazil), caricatura (pt) f (Portugal)
- Romanian: caricatură (ro) f
- Russian: карикату́ра (ru) f (karikatúra)
- Slovak: karikatúra f
- Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo
- Spanish: caricatura (es) f
- Tagalog: tawo-tawo
- Vietnamese: tranh biếm hoạ
artist's preliminary sketch
animated cartoon
- Afrikaans: tekenprent
- Arabic: كَرْتُون (ar) m (kartūn), فِيلْم كَرْتُون m (film kartūn)
- Hijazi Arabic: كَرْتون m (kartōn), فِلِم كَرْتون m (filim kartōn)
- Azerbaijani: cizgi film
- Bashkir: йәнһүрәт (yənhürət)
- Belarusian: мультыплікацы́йны фільм m (mulʹtyplikacýjny filʹm), мультфі́льм m (mulʹtfílʹm)
- Bulgarian: мултиплика́ция f (multiplikácija)
- Catalan: dibuixos animats (ca) m pl
- Chinese:
- Danish: tegnefilm (da) c
- Dutch: tekenfilm (nl) m
- Esperanto: animaciaĵo, animaciita desegno
- Finnish: piirrosfilmi (fi), piirretty (fi), piirrossarja, piirroselokuva (fi)
- French: dessin animé (fr)
- Georgian: მულტფილმი (mulṭpilmi), მულტიპლიკაციური ფილმი (mulṭiṗliḳaciuri pilmi), ანიმაცია (animacia), ანიმაციური ფილმი (animaciuri pilmi)
- German: Zeichentrickfilm (de) m, Cartoon (de) m, Zeichentrick (de) m
- Greek: κινούμενα σχέδια (el) n pl (kinoúmena schédia)
- Hebrew: סֶרֶט מְצֻיָּר (he) m (séret m'tzuyyár)
- Hindi: कार्टून f (kārṭūn)
- Hungarian: rajzfilm (hu)
- Italian: cartone animato (it) m
- Japanese: カートゥーン (kātūn), アニメーション (ja) (animēshon), アニメ (ja) (anime)
- Korean: 애니메이션 (ko) (aenimeisyeon), 만화영화(漫畫映畫) (ko) (manhwayeonghwa), 그림영화 (ko) (geurimyeonghwa) (North Korea)
- Luxembourgish: Zeechentrickfilm
- Macedonian: цр́тан филм m (cŕtan film)
- Malay: kartun
- Maori: pakiwaitara, pakiwaituhi
- Norman: annînmâtion f
- Persian: کارتون (fa) (kârtun)
- Polish: kreskówka (pl) f, film rysunkowy m, film animowany m
- Portuguese: desenho animado (pt) m, desenho (pt) m
- Romanian: desen (ro) n, desen animat (ro) n
- Russian: мультипликацио́нный фильм (ru) m (mulʹtiplikaciónnyj filʹm), мультфи́льм (ru) m (mulʹtfílʹm), анимацио́нный фильм m (animaciónnyj filʹm), му́льтик (ru) m (múlʹtik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: цртани филм m
- Roman: crtani film (sh) m
- Slovak: kreslený film m
- Slovene: risanka f, risani film m
- Spanish: dibujos animados (es) m pl, monos animados m pl, dibujitos (es) m pl, caricaturas (es) f pl
- Swahili: katuni class 9/10
- Swedish: tecknat (sv), tecknad serie (sv) c
- Tagalog: tawo-tawo
- Thai: การ์ตูน (th) (gaa-dtuun), ภาพยนตร์การ์ตูน (pâap-pá-yon-gaa-dtuun)
- Ukrainian: мультфі́льм m (mulʹtfílʹm), мультиплікаці́йний фільм m (mulʹtyplikacíjnyj filʹm), мультипліка́ція f (mulʹtyplikácija), му́льтик m (múlʹtyk) (colloquial)
- Vietnamese: hoạt hình (vi)
cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons, present participle cartooning, simple past and past participle cartooned)
cartoon m (plural cartoons)
Unadapted borrowing from English cartoon.
cartoon m (plural cartoons)
- Alternative form of cartune