Englisch
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 ” ) . Doublet of carton
Pronunciation
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Nomen
A cartoon from the 13 December 1911 issue of the British satirical magazine Punch Russian Bear sitting on the tail of the Persian Cat while the British Lion looks on, and represents a phase of The Great Game . cartoon (plural cartoons
( comics ) humorous drawing , often with a caption , or a strip of such drawings.( comics ) satirising current public figures.( art ) artist 's preliminary sketch .( animation ) 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. A diagram in a scientific concept.
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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:
Mandarin: 卡通 (zh) ( kǎtōng ) , 諷刺畫 ／ 讽刺画 (zh) ( fěngcìhuà ) , 讽刺画 (zh) ( fěngcìhuà ) , 漫畫 ／ 漫画 (zh) ( mànhuà ) , 漫画 (zh) ( mànhuà )
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 f
German: Karton (de) m Karikatur (de) f Cartoon (de) m or n
Ido: kartuno
Japanese: 風刺画 ( ふうしが, fūshiga ) , 戯画 ( ぎが, giga ) , 漫画 (ja) ( まんが, manga )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}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: caricatura (pt) f charge (pt)
Russian: ко́микс (ru) m ( kómiks ) , карикату́ра (ru) f ( karikatúra ) , шарж (ru) m ( šarž )
Slovak: komiks m
Sotho: tshwantshiso ya sesomo
Spanish: viñeta (es) f tira cómica (es) f
Tagalog: tawo-tawo
Thai: การ์ตูน (th) ( gaa-dtuun )
Ukrainian: ко́мікс m ( kómiks ) , карикату́ра f ( karykatúra ) , шарж m ( šarž )
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:
Cantonese: 卡通 ( kaa1 tung1 ) , 卡通片 ( kaa1 tung1 pin3 )
Mandarin: 動畫 ／ 动画 (zh) ( dònghuà ) 动画 (zh) ( dònghuà ) , 動畫片 ／ 动画片 (zh) 动画片 (zh) ( dònghuàpiàn ) , 卡通 (zh) ( kǎtōng )
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 )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}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
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 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: phim hoạt họa
diagram in a scientific concept
Verb
cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons present participle cartooning simple past and past participle cartooned
( art , comics , animation ) draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.( art )
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cartoon
Nomen
cartoon m plural s
Alternative form of cartune 
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