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I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.
Pearl Cleage

Meaning of "romantic comedy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROMANTIC COMEDY

romantic comedy  [rəʊˈmæntɪk ˈkɒmədɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROMANTIC COMEDY

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Romantic comedy is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ROMANTIC COMEDY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily". Another definition states that its "primary distinguishing feature is a love plot in which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled". Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies and stoner comedies. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. In a typical romantic comedy the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and apparently meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally wed. A wedding-bells, fairy-tale-style happy ending is practically mandatory. Pretty Woman is considered by many critics to be the most successful movie in the genre.

Definition of romantic comedy in the English dictionary

The definition of romantic comedy in the dictionary is a humorous film, novel or play about a love story that ends happily.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROMANTIC COMEDY


bastardy
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beardie
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custody
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jeopardy
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Lombardy
ˈlɒmbədɪ
Mahanadi
məˈhɑːnədɪ
malady
ˈmælədɪ
melody
ˈmɛlədɪ
Monteverdi
ˌmɒntɪˈvɛədɪ
nobody
ˈnəʊbədɪ
parody
ˈpærədɪ
Picardy
ˈpɪkədɪ
psalmody
ˈsɑːmədɪ
rhapsody
ˈræpsədɪ
Saturday
ˈsætədɪ
scaredy
ˈskɛədɪ
somebody
ˈsʌmbədɪ
threnody
ˈθrɛnədɪ
Verdi
ˈvɛədɪ
yesterday
ˈjɛstədɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROMANTIC COMEDY

romans-fleuves
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Romantic Movement
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ROMANTIC COMEDY

alternative comedy
Bach flower remedy
black comedy
character comedy
comedy
dramedy
golden remedy
herbal remedy
high comedy
light comedy
low comedy
musical comedy
remedy
Restoration comedy
situation comedy
tragicomedy

Synonyms and antonyms of romantic comedy in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «romantic comedy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROMANTIC COMEDY

Find out the translation of romantic comedy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of romantic comedy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «romantic comedy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

浪漫喜剧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comedia romántica
570 millions of speakers

English

romantic comedy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोमांटिक कॉमेडी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كوميديا ​​رومانسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

романтическая комедия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comédia romântica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রোমান্টিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

comédie romantique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Romantik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

romantische Komödie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロマンチックな喜劇
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

로맨틱 코미디
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Romantis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phim hài lãng mạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोमँटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

romantik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

commedia romantica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

komedia romantyczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

романтична комедія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

comedie romantica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρομαντική κωμωδία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

romantiese komedie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

romantisk komedi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

romantisk komedie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of romantic comedy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROMANTIC COMEDY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROMANTIC COMEDY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about romantic comedy

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10 QUOTES WITH «ROMANTIC COMEDY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word romantic comedy.
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Kevin Alejandro
I want to do all kinds of things. I want to do some comedy. I'd love to do a romantic comedy, and I'd love to do some period pieces with classical text. I'd love somebody to cast me as Macbeth, but for a film. I just want to be all over the place.
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Kelli Berglund
I would love to get into feature films; I'm willing to do an action flick, I'm willing to do a romantic comedy.
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James L. Brooks
I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.
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Carter Burwell
I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
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Morris Chestnut
When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.
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Pearl Cleage
I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.
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Julie Delpy
I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected from a woman than it is to make a drama about a Japanese warrior.
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Lena Dunham
I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human.
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Sam Elliott
Hugh Grant is the main man. He's the number one romantic comedy man in the world.
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David Fincher
For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that's longer than most marriages.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROMANTIC COMEDY»

Discover the use of romantic comedy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to romantic comedy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Romantic Comedy: Boy Meets Girl Meets Genre
Romantic Comedy offers an introduction to the analysis of a popular but overlooked film genre. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining iconography, narrative patterns, and ideology.
Tamar Jeffers McDonald, 2013
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Writing the Romantic Comedy: From "Cute Meet" to "Joyous ...
Writing the Romantic Comedy features case studies drawn from beloved romantic comedies such as When Harry Met Sally, Annie Hall, Tootsie, and The Lady Eve, as well as field-tested writing exercises guaranteed to short-circuit potential ...
Billy Mernit, 2001
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Romantic Comedy: A Comedy in Three Acts
A romance between a playwright and a collaborator is rekindled after ten years during which time they both experienced many changes. 3 acts, 7 scenes, 2 men, 4 women, 1 interior.
Bernard Slade, 1980
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Romantic Comedy
In-depth case studies span a wide variety of films, including: It Happened One Night Bringing Up Baby Annie Hall Four Weddings and a Funeral Bridget Jones’s Diary Wimbledon Knocked Up Sex and the City This book is the perfect introduction ...
Claire Mortimer, 2010
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Hollywood Romantic Comedy: States of the Union, 1934-1965
Exploring the changing representation of the couple in romantic comedy and focusing on the key themes of marriage, equality and desire, this work analyses the discourses around heterosexuality, gender, romance and love.
Kathrina Glitre, 2006
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The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History and ...
The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys the controversies arising from the critical ...
Leger Grindon, 2011
7
Falling in Love Again: Romantic Comedy in Contemporary Cinema
This anthology updates, revisits and reflects on today's romantic comedies.
Stacey Abbott, Deborah Jermyn, 2009
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Romantic Vs. Screwball Comedy: Charting the Difference
These seemingly timeless genres are as popular today as ever! This book takes a closer look at the precise meanings of the terms screwball and romantic.
Wes D. Gehring, 2002
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Meaning in Comedy: Studies in Elizabethan Romantic Comedy
Although successive audiences have found these works delightful, critics at times regard them as rather trivial.
John Weld, 1975
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Romantic Comedy in Hollywood: From Lubitsch to Sturges
This study of the romantic comedies of the 1930s and 1940s examines individual films, the director's oeuvre, and the performers most closely associated with romantic comedy
James Harvey, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROMANTIC COMEDY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term romantic comedy is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Trainwreck' does romantic comedy right
Amy Schumer and Bill Hader in a scene from the comedy, Trainwreck. ... sources) and has one of the best central pairings in recent romantic comedy history. «East Valley Tribune, Jul 15»
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'Trainwreck' Review: Amy Schumer's Witty Romantic Comedy Plays …
Trainwreck comes courtesy of Universal/Comcast Corp. It stars Amy Schumer, with a screenplay by the breakout comedic talent, and is directed by Judd Apatow. «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Amazon's 'Catastrophe' Isn't One — Unlike Some TV Rom-Coms
Amazon's new romantic comedy Catastrophe begins with a whirlwind tryst that could have been ripped from the latest contemporary romance novel. Rob is a ... «NPR, Jun 15»
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Toy Story 4 will 'be a romantic comedy' and follow new storyline
What Owen said: ''Toy Story 3 represents a virtuoso performance by the Pixar team, led by director Lee Unkrich (the codirector of Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo) ... «Entertainment Weekly, Mar 15»
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Pixar Boss: 'Toy Story 4′ Will Be a 'Romantic Comedy'
“It will be a romantic comedy,” Morris said, according to reports from Disney Latino (and translated by the Daily Telegraph). The film marks the return of director ... «Variety, Mar 15»
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'The Last Man on Earth' is a wicked satire of romantic comedies
“The Last Man On Earth” may be a riff on the post-apocalypse, but it's also a savage satire of the dominant romantic comedy story of the last decade, in which a ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
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Amazon to stream British romantic comedy series 'Catastrophe'
Written by and co-starring U.S. comedian and author Rob Delaney and actress Sharon Horgan, the series is a half-hour comedy about an Irish woman and ... «UPI.com, Jan 15»
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'A To Z': Not A Great Romantic Comedy Yet, But Give It A Letter Or Two
But when you've seen a few, you can sometimes tell the difference between fundamentally misbegotten projects, like the ABC romantic comedy Manhattan Love ... «NPR, Oct 14»
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Why Tom Hardy Will Probably Never Make Another Romantic Comedy
That said, two years ago he decided to branch out with a bit of lighter fare and tried doing a romantic comedy. What's unfortunate is that the experience has ... «Cinema Blend, Sep 14»
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Watch the First Episode of NBC's Romantic Comedy 'A to Z' Ahead …
NBC has made the first episode of romantic comedy A to Z available ahead of the October premiere. Through a pact with Clear Channel's iHeartRadio, ... «Hollywood Reporter, Aug 14»

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