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語源

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.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kɑːˈtuːn/
• (General American) IPA: /kɑɹˈtun/
• (Indic) IPA: /ˈkɑː(r).ʈuːn/
• 韻: -uːn

名詞

cartoon (plural cartoons)

1. (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
2. (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.

   The newspaper published a political cartoon mocking the mayor.

3. (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.
4. (art) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
5. (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

   The children watched a funny cartoon on TV.

6. (animation) A cartoon series.
   • 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.

7. A diagram in a scientific concept.

同意語

• (humorous drawing or strip): comic strip, strip cartoon
• (satire of public figures): caricature, political cartoon
• (animated piece of film): animated cartoon, animation

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Dutch: cartoon
• → Portuguese: cartune, cartum
• → Swahili: katuni

動詞

cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons, present participle cartooning, simple past and past participle cartooned)

1. (art, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
2. (art) To make a preliminary sketch.

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