comedienne

See also: comédienne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French comédienne.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˌmiːdɪˈɛn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˌmiːdiˈɛn/

Noun

comedienne (plural comediennes)

  1. (dated) A female comedian.

Usage notes

Some consider this word to be an outdated gendered term, preferring to use comedian or comic for women instead.[1][2]

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References
  1. “actor”, in Guardian and Observer style guide: A‎, Guardian Media Group, 2015 February 21 (last accessed)
  2. Fogarty, Mignon (2014 November 12) “You should basically stop using gendered nouns”, in The Washington Post‎, Nash Holdings LLC, archived from the original on 2014-11-13

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