"inane" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪˈneɪn/ Audio: en-au-inane.ogg [Australia] Forms: inaner [comparative], more inane [comparative], inanest [superlative], most inane [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle French inane, from Latin inānis (“empty, vain, useless”) which is of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|inane}} Middle French inane, {{der|en|la|inānis|t=empty, vain, useless}} Latin inānis (“empty, vain, useless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} inane (comparative inaner or more inane, superlative inanest or most inane)
  1. Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance. Synonyms: silly, fatuous, vapid Translations (lacking sense or meaning): mənasız (Azerbaijani), məzmunsuz (Azerbaijani), boş (Azerbaijani), глупав (glupav) (Bulgarian), безсмислен (bezsmislen) (Bulgarian), va (Catalan), vacu (Catalan), hloupý (Czech), stupidní (Czech), intetsigende (Danish), åndsforladt (Danish), zinloos (Dutch), inhoudsloos (Dutch), stom (Dutch), flauw (Dutch), tyhjä (Finnish), merkityksetön (Finnish), typerä (Finnish), inepte (French), insensé (French), niais (French), inane (French), sinnlos (German), albern (German), bedeutungslos (German), sinnfrei (German), inhaltsleer (German), hohl (German), belanglos (German), heahea (Maori), intetsigende (Norwegian), bezmyślny (Polish), głupi (Polish), beztreściowy (Polish), beztreściwy (Polish), inane (Portuguese), vão (Portuguese), vazio (Portuguese), fútil (Portuguese), fără sens (Romanian), stupid [masculine] (Romanian), inept [masculine] (Romanian), глу́пый (glúpyj) (Russian), пусто́й (pustój) (Russian), бессмы́сленный (bessmýslennyj) (Russian), faoin (Scottish Gaelic), бесмислен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), besmislen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sin sentido (Spanish), absurdo (Spanish), inane (Spanish), intetsägande (Swedish), andefattig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-inane-en-adj-f3QRGqtI Disambiguation of 'lacking sense or meaning': 98 2
  2. Purposeless; pointless. Translations (purposeless; pointless): məqsədsiz (Azerbaijani), безцелен (bezcelen) (Bulgarian), vacu (Catalan), bezúčelný (Czech), zbytečný (Czech), marný (Czech), doelloos (Dutch), inane [rare] (French), inutile (French), vain (French), inane (Galician), vergeblich (German), zwecklos (German), inane (Italian), inane (Portuguese), inutil [masculine] (Romanian), бесце́льный (bescélʹnyj) (Russian), бессмы́сленный (bessmýslennyj) (Russian), inane (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inane-en-adj-QjIwzQKX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 64 8 Disambiguation of 'purposeless; pointless': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inanely, inanity, uninane

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈneɪn/ Audio: en-au-inane.ogg [Australia] Forms: inanes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle French inane, from Latin inānis (“empty, vain, useless”) which is of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|inane}} Middle French inane, {{der|en|la|inānis|t=empty, vain, useless}} Latin inānis (“empty, vain, useless”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} inane (plural inanes)
  1. That which is void or empty.
    Sense id: en-inane-en-noun-gIQvq92j

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /iˈna.ne/ Forms: inani [plural]
Rhymes: -ane Etymology: From Latin inānis. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|inānis}} Latin inānis Head templates: {{it-adj}} inane (plural inani)
  1. (rare) empty, void, hollow Tags: literary, rare Synonyms: vacuo [literary], vuoto
    Sense id: en-inane-it-adj-pNJpnD6J Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. useless, vain, inane Tags: literary Synonyms: inconcludente, infruttuoso, inutile, irrito [literary], vano
    Sense id: en-inane-it-adj-iWRpgdC5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inanità

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: /iˈnaː.ne/ [Classical], [ɪˈnäːnɛ] [Classical], /iˈna.ne/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [iˈnäːne] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: ināne [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=ināne}} ināne
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of inānis Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, singular, vocative Form of: inānis
    Sense id: en-inane-la-adj-T3Fg-k0F Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 70 21 8

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /iˈnaː.ne/ [Classical], [ɪˈnäːnɛ] [Classical], /iˈna.ne/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [iˈnäːne] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{la-noun|ināne<3>|g=n}} ināne n (genitive inānis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ināne<3>}} Forms: ināne [canonical, neuter], inānis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ināne [nominative, singular], inānia [nominative, plural], inānis [genitive, singular], inānium [genitive, plural], inānī [dative, singular], inānibus [dative, plural], ināne [accusative, singular], inānia [accusative, plural], inānī [ablative, singular], inānibus [ablative, plural], ināne [singular, vocative], inānia [plural, vocative]
  1. empty space, void, open space Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-inane-la-noun-cGJnARBj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 19 80 1
  2. emptiness, vanity, inanity Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-inane-la-noun-NGZKI6aZ

Adjective [Portuguese]

IPA: /iˈnɐ̃.ni/ [Brazil], /iˈnɐ̃.ni/ [Brazil], /iˈnɐ.ne/ [Southern-Brazil], /iˈnɐ.nɨ/ [Portugal], /iˈnɐ.nɨ/ [Portugal], /iˈna.nɨ/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: inanes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin inānis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pt|la|inānis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin inānis, {{bor+|pt|la|inānis}} Borrowed from Latin inānis Head templates: {{pt-adj}} inane m or f (plural inanes)
  1. inane (lacking sense or meaning) Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: vão, vazio, fútil Related terms: inanição
    Sense id: en-inane-pt-adj-nKHRD10~ Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /iˈnane/, [iˈna.ne] Forms: inanes [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ane Etymology: From Latin inānis. Etymology templates: {{uder|es|la|inānis}} Latin inānis Head templates: {{es-adj}} inane m or f (masculine and feminine plural inanes)
  1. inane; pointless Tags: feminine, masculine Related terms: inanidad
    Sense id: en-inane-es-adj-eHUfT0dA Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish undefined derivations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for inane meaning in All languages combined (19.0kB)

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          "ref": "2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 156",
          "text": "God, if she had to listen to another conversation about some kid she didnʼt know—how Tina J. stole the stage at the talent show or Bobby R. won the tee ball game or any other number of inane accomplishments.",
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          "text": "(lacking sense):"
        },
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          "text": "This supremely gifted kid told me that in the early elementary grades, the songs sung in music class were so inane that he wanted to skip grades already! Eventually he did, so better late than never.",
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          "word": "silly"
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          "word": "vapid"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "word": "mənasız"
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          "word": "məzmunsuz"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "word": "boş"
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          "word": "глупав"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezsmislen",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "безсмислен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "va"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "vacu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "hloupý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "stupidní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "intetsigende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "åndsforladt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "zinloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "inhoudsloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "stom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "flauw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "tyhjä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "merkityksetön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "typerä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "inepte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "insensé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "niais"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "inane"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "sinnlos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "albern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "bedeutungslos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "sinnfrei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "inhaltsleer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "hohl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "belanglos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "heahea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "intetsigende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "bezmyślny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "głupi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "beztreściowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "beztreściwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "inane"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "vão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "vazio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "fútil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "fără sens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stupid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inept"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "glúpyj",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "глу́пый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pustój",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "пусто́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bessmýslennyj",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "бессмы́сленный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "faoin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "бесмислен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "besmislen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "sin sentido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "absurdo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "inane"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "intetsägande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
          "word": "andefattig"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "28 64 8",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Purposeless; pointless."
      ],
      "id": "en-inane-en-adj-QjIwzQKX",
      "links": [
        [
          "Purposeless",
          "purposeless"
        ],
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          "pointless",
          "pointless"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "məqsədsiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezcelen",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "безцелен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "vacu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "bezúčelný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "zbytečný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "marný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "doelloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "inane"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "inutile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "vain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "inane"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "vergeblich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
          "word": "zwecklos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "mənasız"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "məzmunsuz"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "boş"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glupav",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "безсмислен"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "va"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "vacu"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "hloupý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "stupidní"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "intetsigende"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "åndsforladt"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "zinloos"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "inhoudsloos"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "stom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "flauw"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "tyhjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "merkityksetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "typerä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "inepte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "insensé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "niais"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "inane"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "sinnlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "albern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "bedeutungslos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "sinnfrei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "inhaltsleer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "hohl"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "belanglos"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "heahea"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "intetsigende"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "bezmyślny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "głupi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "beztreściowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "beztreściwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "inane"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "vão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "vazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "fútil"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "fără sens"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stupid"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "inept"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "глу́пый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pustój",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "пусто́й"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "faoin"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "sin sentido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "absurdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "inane"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "intetsägande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
      "word": "andefattig"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "məqsədsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezcelen",
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      "word": "безцелен"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "vacu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "bezúčelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "zbytečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "marný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "doelloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "rare"
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      "word": "inane"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "inutile"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "vain"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "inane"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "purposeless; pointless",
      "word": "vergeblich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "zwecklos"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "word": "inane"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "бесце́льный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "бессмы́сленный"
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      "code": "es",
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    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns"
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    "Latin neuter nouns",
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin inānis",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "inānis"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin inānis",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin inānis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inanes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "inane m or f (plural inanes)",
      "name": "pt-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "i‧na‧ne"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "inanição"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
        "Portuguese adjectives",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inane (lacking sense or meaning)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inane",
          "inane#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vão"
        },
        {
          "word": "vazio"
        },
        {
          "word": "fútil"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈnɐ̃.ni/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈnɐ̃.ni/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈnɐ.ne/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈnɐ.nɨ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈnɐ.nɨ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈna.nɨ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inane"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "inānis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin inānis",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin inānis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inanes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "inane m or f (masculine and feminine plural inanes)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "i‧na‧ne"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "inanidad"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ane",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ane/3 syllables",
        "Spanish 3-syllable words",
        "Spanish adjectives",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish epicene adjectives",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish undefined derivations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inane; pointless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inane",
          "inane#English"
        ],
        [
          "pointless",
          "pointless"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈnane/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[iˈna.ne]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ane"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inane"
}

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