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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinocente
Pronunciation / Transliteration: inocente
"Foi apenas uma brincadeira inócua."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Not harmful or offensive.
"He made a few innocuous remarks about the weather."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'innocuus', combining the negative prefix 'in-' (not) and 'nocuus' (harmful), from 'nocere' (to hurt). Entering Middle English in the 16th century, it initially meant harmless or guiltless, evolving to primarily describe things that produce no injury or offense.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Innocuous" is said worldwide
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inoffensif
Transliteration: inoffensif
"Cette araignée est totalement inoffensive."
harmlos
Transliteration: harmlos
"Das war nur ein harmloser Scherz."
innocuo
Transliteration: innocuo
"Il suo commento sembrava del tutto innocuo."
inocuo
Transliteration: inocuo
"El humo parecía inocuo, pero era tóxico."
inocente
Transliteration: inocente
"Foi apenas uma brincadeira inócua."
हानिरहित
Transliteration: hanirahit
"यह टिप्पणी पूरी तरह से हानिरहित थी।"
无害的
Transliteration: wúhài de
"这个问题看起来很无害。"
무해한
Transliteration: muhaehan
"그것은 무해한 농담이었다."
無害な
Transliteration: mugai na
"それは全く無害な冗談だった。"
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