"frivolity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɹɪˈvɒlɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɹɪˈvɑlɪti/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frivolity.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frivolities [plural]
enPR: frĭvŏlĭtē Etymology: From French frivolité. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|frivolité}} French frivolité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frivolity (countable and uncountable, plural frivolities)
  1. frivolous act Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (frivolous act): лекомислена постъпка (lekomislena postǎpka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), frivolitat [feminine] (Catalan), frivoliteit (Dutch), frivolo (Esperanto), kevytmielisyys (Finnish), turhamaisuus (Finnish), frivolité [feminine] (French), Frivolität [feminine] (German), ελαφρότητα (elafrótita) [feminine] (Greek), frivolezza [feminine] (Italian), frivolidade [feminine] (Portuguese), фриво́льность (frivólʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), frivolidad [feminine] (Spanish), hoppalık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-frivolity-en-noun-xZnO70r- Disambiguation of 'frivolous act': 86 14
  2. state of being frivolous Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being frivolous): خِفَّة (ḵiffa) [feminine] (Arabic), رُعُونَة (ruʕūna) [feminine] (Arabic), طَيْش (ṭayš) [masculine] (Arabic), лекомислие (lekomislie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), lehkomyslnost [feminine] (Czech), lehkovážnost [feminine] (Czech), frivolo (Esperanto), turhanpäiväisyys (Finnish), frivolité [feminine] (French), Frivolität [feminine] (German), Leichtfertigkeit [feminine] (German), ελαφρότητα (elafrótita) [feminine] (Greek), κουφότητα (koufótita) [feminine] (Greek), frivoleso (Ido), levitās [feminine] (Latin), hoppalık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-frivolity-en-noun-Dd0NjwIt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of 'state of being frivolous': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frivolosity, frivolousness Related terms: frivolous

Inflected forms

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