cartoonist

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /kɑrˈtunɪst/ UK /kɑːˈtuːnɪst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an artist who draws cartoons or comic strips

The cartoonist skewered the politician in a single panel.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an artist who draws... illustratorcaricaturistanimatorartist draftsman

Word family

Related forms cartooncartooning

Etymology

From cartoon + -ist. Cartoon is from Italian cartone ('pasteboard, large sheet'), an augmentative of carta ('paper'), from Latin charta, from Greek khartēs.

cartone Italian charta Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# cartoonist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kɑrˈtunɪst/
**IPA (UK):** /kɑːˈtuːnɪst/

## Meanings
1. an artist who draws cartoons or comic strips

## Examples
- The cartoonist skewered the politician in a single panel.

## Synonyms
- illustrator
- caricaturist
- animator
- artist
- draftsman

## Related Forms
- cartoon
- cartooning

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cartone
- Root: charta

## Etymology
From cartoon + -ist. Cartoon is from Italian cartone ('pasteboard, large sheet'), an augmentative of carta ('paper'), from Latin charta, from Greek khartēs.

## AI Etymology
Cartoonist comes from cartoon + -ist. Cartoon is from Italian cartone ('pasteboard, large sheet'), an augmentative of carta ('paper'), from Latin charta, from Greek khartēs. The historical trail runs through cartone in Italian and charta in Latin. Morphologically, cartoonist is transparent: it draws on cartoon + -ist. Used as a noun, cartoonist now means "an artist who draws cartoons or comic strips", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cartoon and cartooning. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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