Meanings
nounspeech bubble (plural speech bubbles)
plural speech bubbles
- comicsA rounded outline, containing words, representing speech in a comic.
Synonyms: balloon, dialog balloon, dialogue balloon, speech balloon, word balloon, word bubble, fumetto
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rounded outline, containing words, representing speech in a comic.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan bafarada
- bafaradarounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Chinese Mandarin 對話框 /对话框
- 對話框 /对话框 (duìhuàkuàng)rounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Danish taleboble
- taleboblerounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Dutch tekstballon
- tekstballonrounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Esperanto parola veziko
- parola vezikorounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Finnish puhekupla
- puhekuplarounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
French bulle, phylactère
- bullerounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
- phylactèrerounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
German Sprechblase
- Sprechblaserounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Hungarian beszédbuborék, szövegbuborék
- beszédbuborékrounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
- szövegbuborékrounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
- szóbuborékrounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Irish bolgán cainte
- bolgán cainterounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Italian fumetto, nuvoletta
- fumettorounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
- nuvolettarounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Japanese 吹き出し
- 吹き出し (fukidashi)rounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Korean 말풍선
- 말풍선 (malpungseon)rounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Māori pūangi kōrero
- pūangi kōrerorounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Norwegian Bokmål snakkeboble
- snakkeboblerounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Polish chmurka, dymek
- chmurkarounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
- dymekrounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Portuguese balão, balão de fala
- balãorounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
- balão de falarounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
- balão de diálogorounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Russian вы́носка
- вы́носка (výnoska)rounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Spanish bocadillo
- bocadillorounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Swedish pratbubbla
- pratbubblarounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Turkish konuşma balonu
- konuşma balonurounded outline representing speech in a cartoon
Cite this entry
APA
speech bubble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speech%20bubble
MLA
“speech bubble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speech%20bubble. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speech bubble,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speech%20bubble.
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