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Noun [English]

Forms: poncifs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French poncif (“cliché, stereotype”), from French poncif (“stencil”), from poncer (“to copy with pouncing paper”) + -if, from ponce (“pumice”) + -er, from Late Latin pōmex (“pumice”), from Latin pūmex (“pumice”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)poH(y)-}}, {{bor+|en|fr|poncif|t=cliché, stereotype}} Borrowed from French poncif (“cliché, stereotype”), {{der|en|fr|poncif|t=stencil}} French poncif (“stencil”), {{af|fr|poncer|-if|nocat=1|t1=to copy with pouncing paper}} poncer (“to copy with pouncing paper”) + -if, {{suf|fr|ponce|-er|nocat=1|t1=pumice}} ponce (“pumice”) + -er, {{der|en|LL.|pōmex|t=pumice}} Late Latin pōmex (“pumice”), {{der|en|la|pūmex|t=pumice}} Latin pūmex (“pumice”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)poH(y)-|t=foam}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} poncif (plural poncifs)
  1. (literary, rare) An unoriginal or uninspired idea; a cliché. Tags: literary, rare Related terms: foamy, pounce, pumice
    Sense id: en-poncif-en-noun-QM3F39DA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [French]

IPA: /pɔ̃.sif/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-poncif.wav Forms: poncifs [plural]
Etymology: From poncer + -if. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|poncer|-if}} poncer + -if Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} poncif m (plural poncifs)
  1. (literary) banality, derivative, stereotype Tags: literary, masculine

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French poncif. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|poncif}} Borrowed from French poncif Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|poncifuri}} poncif n (plural poncifuri) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=poncifurilor|gpi=poncifuri|gsd=poncifului|gsi=poncif|n=|npd=poncifurile|npi=poncifuri|nsd=ponciful|nsi=poncif|vp=poncifurilor|vs=poncifule|vs2=}} Forms: poncifuri [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], poncif [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], ponciful [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], poncifuri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], poncifurile [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], poncif [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], poncifului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], poncifuri [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], poncifurilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], poncifule [singular, vocative], poncifurilor [vocative]
  1. banality Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-poncif-ro-noun-x3RKyuyh Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "form": "poncifurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poncifule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poncifurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "poncifuri"
      },
      "expansion": "poncif n (plural poncifuri)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "poncifurilor",
        "gpi": "poncifuri",
        "gsd": "poncifului",
        "gsi": "poncif",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "poncifurile",
        "npi": "poncifuri",
        "nsd": "ponciful",
        "nsi": "poncif",
        "vp": "poncifurilor",
        "vs": "poncifule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "banality"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "banality",
          "banality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "poncif"
}

Download raw JSONL data for poncif meaning in All languages combined (6.6kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive-dative'",
  "path": [
    "poncif"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "poncif",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/20250113b",
  "msg": "Rowspan 999 over 30, set to 1",
  "path": [
    "poncif"
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  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "poncif",
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}

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