English

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Some consider this word to be an outdated gendered term, preferring to use comedian or comic for women instead.^[1][2]

Hypernyms

• comedian (male and female comedian)
• comic

Related terms

• comedian (male comedian)

Translations

References

1. ↑ “Guardian and Observer style guide: A”, in (Please provide the title of the work), Guardian Media Group, accessed 21 February 2015
2. ↑ Fogarty, Mignon (12 November 2014), “You should basically stop using gendered nouns”, in The Washington Post, Nash Holdings LLC, retrieved 21 February 2015