Definition of "comique" []

• A comic actor or singer. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Rossini was too potent for the plastic Gauls to resist, and to his influence may be traced the most salient features of the school of opéra comique which is best represented by Auber."
• "Confusingly called an opéra comique because it has spoken dialogue, its subject is tragic."
• "Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet."