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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvæn.ɪˌtɑs/ Forms: vanitases [plural]
Etymology: From Latin vānitās. Doublet of vanity. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|vānitās}} Latin vānitās, {{doublet|en|vanity}} Doublet of vanity Head templates: {{en-noun}} vanitas (plural vanitases)
  1. (painting) A type of still life painting, symbolic of mortality, characteristic of Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries. Related terms: memento mori Translations (type of still life painting): 虛空畫 /虚空画 (xūkōnghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), ヴァニタス (vanitasu) (Japanese)
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Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈwaː.nɪ.taːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvaː.ni.tas] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin vānus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin vānitās From vānus + -tās. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|vānus|-tās|text=+|title=vānitās|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin vānus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin vānitās [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tāts", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "vānitās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="vānitās"> From vānus + -tās. Head templates: {{la-noun|vānitās<3>}} vānitās f (genitive vānitātis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vānitās<3>}} Forms: vānitās [canonical, feminine], vānitātis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vānitās [nominative, singular], vānitātēs [nominative, plural], vānitātis [genitive, singular], vānitātum [genitive, plural], vānitātī [dative, singular], vānitātibus [dative, plural], vānitātem [accusative, singular], vānitātēs [accusative, plural], vānitāte [ablative, singular], vānitātibus [ablative, plural], vānitās [singular, vocative], vānitātēs [plural, vocative]
  1. emptiness, nothingness Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-vanitas-la-noun-0dzDbm69 Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 36 10 42 12 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 41 22 37
  2. falsity, falsehood, deception, untruth, untrustworthiness, fickleness Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-vanitas-la-noun-gtPeYXxd Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tas Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 36 10 42 12 Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 15 58 27 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 23 51 27 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 23 51 27 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 71 19 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 41 22 37 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tas: 11 51 38
  3. vanity, vainglory Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-vanitas-la-noun-jVos8pb- Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 36 10 42 12 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 41 22 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vānitāre

Inflected forms

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}

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