banality

English

Etymology

From French banalité, from banal.

Pronunciation

enPR: bənăl'ĭti, IPA^(key): /bəˈnælɨti/
Rhymes: -ælɨti
enPR: bānăl'ĭti, IPA^(key): /beɪˈnælɨti/
Rhymes: -ælɨti

Noun

banality (countable and uncountable, plural banalities)

(uncountable) The quality of being banal.
(countable) Something which is banal.

Synonyms

(partial): bathos

Related terms

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Translations

quality of being banal

Bulgarian: баналност (bg) f (banálnost)
Esperanto: banaleco
Finnish: banaalius (fi)
German: Banalität (de) f
Italian: banalità (it) f

Kyrgyz: тамтыгы чыккандык (ky) f (tamtıgı çıkkandık)
Latvian: banāls
Persian: بی‌مزگی‎‎
Russian: бана́льность (ru) f (banálʹnostʹ)
Spanish: banalidad f

something which is banal

Bulgarian: баналност (bg) f (banálnost)
Czech: banalita (cs) f
Finnish: banaliteetti
German: Banalität (de) f

Hungarian: közhely (hu)
Italian: banalità (it)
Russian: бана́льность (ru) f (banálʹnostʹ)

Further reading

banality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
banality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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