comedienne
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See also: comédienne
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French comédienne.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
comedienne (plural comediennes)
Usage notes[edit]
Some consider this word to be an outdated gendered term, preferring to use comedian or comic for women instead.[1][2]
Hypernyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- comedian (male comedian)
Translations[edit]
female comedian
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References[edit]
- ^ “actor”, in Guardian and Observer style guide: A[1], Guardian Media Group, 2015 February 21 (last accessed)
- ^ Fogarty, Mignon (2014 November 12) “You should basically stop using gendered nouns”, in The Washington Post[2], Nash Holdings LLC, archived from the original on 2014-11-13