Other forms: cartoons
A cartoon is a funny drawn film or strip, loved by children. Watch cartoons, a newspaper cartoon, a cartoon character.
The original meaning is a full-size preparatory drawing for a painting or tapestry, and the joke sense came from a magazine mocking such drawings in 1843. A political cartoon is a drawing making an argument. Note that the word comes from the Italian for a big sheet of paper.
1nouncartoonA funny drawn film or strip.
“The kids watch cartoons on Saturday morning while we sleep.”
cartoon is a drawing or film.
Also accepted in games: animation
Italian cartone means a large sheet of card, from carta, paper. The joke sense came from an 1843 magazine parody.
Ancient Greek
χάρτης
Latin
carta — papyrus, paper
Italian
cartone — cardboard, carton, box
French
carton — sketch, cardboard, card
English, today
cartoon
Built from
In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (see there for further etymology). a doublet of carton and card.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA