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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

trivialité

Pronunciation / Transliteration: trivialité

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Triviality/ˌtrɪv.iˈæl.ə.ti/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La trivialité de la question a été rapidement reconnue."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being trivial; insignificance.

    "The triviality of the argument made it easy to dismiss."
  2. 2

    A trivial or insignificant detail.

    "He focused on the trivialities of the project rather than the main objectives."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'trivialite', originating from Latin 'trivialitas', stemming from 'trivialis' meaning 'common or commonplace'. Historically rooted in the medieval educational system where the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) constituted the lower division of the seven liberal arts, gradually shifting to mean something of little importance or value.

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