Comédie-Française Syllabification: (Co·mé·die-Fran·çaise)Pronunciation: /ˌkômādē fräNˈsez/Definition of Comédie-Française the French national theater (used for both comedy and tragedy), in Paris, founded in 1680 by Louis XIV. Comédie-Française in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Comédie-Française in the British & World English dictionary