Cartoon

Cartoon
Cartoon Car*toon", n. [F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard, cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st {card}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael. [1913 Webster]

2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of ``Puck.'' [1913 Webster]

3. same as {comic strip}. [PJC]

4. a motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a motion picture on the screen. The types of characters portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to those in a {comic strip}. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Cartoon — Cartoon …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • cartoon — [ kartun ] n. m. • 1930; mot angl. « dessin » ♦ Anglic. Dessin destiné à composer un film de dessins animés, et par ext. Le film lui même. Un auteur de cartoons. Dessin d une bande dessinée. ⇒ vignette. ● cartoon nom masculin (anglais cartoon)… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Cartoon — Sm gezeichnete Bildgeschichte erw. fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. cartoon, dieses aus frz. carton Zeichnung auf Karton, Karton , aus it. cartone, einem Augmentativum zu it. carta f. Papier , aus l. charta f. Papier, Schriftstück .… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Cartoon — Cartoon: Das Fremdwort mit der Bedeutung »Karikatur, Witzzeichnung, kurzer Comicstrip« wurde in der 2. Hälfte des 20. Jh.s aus gleichbed. engl. cartoon übernommen. Dieses geht über frz. carton »Zeichnung auf Karton« zurück auf ital. cartone, eine …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • cartoon — [kär to͞on′] n. [Fr carton < It cartone, both in CARTOON sense 2: see CARTON] 1. a drawing, as in a newspaper, caricaturing or symbolizing, often satirically, some event, situation, or person of topical interest 2. a full size preliminary… …   English World dictionary

  • cartoon — ► NOUN 1) a drawing executed in an exaggerated style for humorous or satirical effect. 2) (also cartoon strip) a narrative sequence of humorous drawings with captions in a comic, newspaper, or magazine. 3) a film made from a sequence of drawings …   English terms dictionary

  • cartoon — index caricature, copy, parody Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Cartoon — Cartoon,derod.das:Karikatur(1) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • cartoon — /kɑ: tu:n/, it. /kar tun/ s. ingl. (propr. disegno, vignetta ), usato in ital. al masch. (massm.) [film di animazione] ▶◀ [➨ cartone (2)] …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • cartoon — (n.) 1670s, a drawing on strong paper (used as a model for another work), from Fr. carton, from It. cartone strong, heavy paper, pasteboard, thus preliminary sketches made by artists on such paper (see CARTON (Cf. carton)). Extension to comical… …   Etymology dictionary

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