slapstick

See also: Slapstick and slap-stick

English

Alternative forms

  • slap-stick

Etymology

slap + stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.

Noun

slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)

  1. (uncountable) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
  2. (countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslæpstik/, [ˈs̠læps̠t̪ik]
  • Syllabification(key): slap‧stick

Noun

slapstick

  1. slapstick (physical comedy)

Declension

Inflection of slapstick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative slapstick slapstickit
genitive slapstickin slapstickien
partitive slapstickiä slapstickejä
illative slapstickiin slapstickeihin
singular plural
nominative slapstick slapstickit
accusative nom. slapstick slapstickit
gen. slapstickin
genitive slapstickin slapstickien
partitive slapstickiä slapstickejä
inessive slapstickissä slapstickeissä
elative slapstickistä slapstickeistä
illative slapstickiin slapstickeihin
adessive slapstickillä slapstickeillä
ablative slapstickiltä slapstickeiltä
allative slapstickille slapstickeille
essive slapstickinä slapstickeinä
translative slapstickiksi slapstickeiksi
instructive slapstickein
abessive slapstickittä slapstickeittä
comitative slapstickeineen
Possessive forms of slapstick (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person slapstickini slapstickimme
2nd person slapstickisi slapstickinne
3rd person slapstickinsä

Compounds


Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslap.stik/
  • Rhymes: -apstik
  • Syllabification: slap‧stick

Noun

slapstick m inan

  1. (comedy) slapstick (physical comedy)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • slapstickowy
  • slapstikowy

Further reading

  • slapstick in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • slapstick in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

slapstick m (uncountable)

  1. slapstick
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