"banal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bəˈnɑːl/, /ˈbeɪnəl/, /bəˈnæl/ Audio: en-uk-banal.ogg [UK] Forms: more banal [comparative], banaler [comparative], most banal [superlative], banalest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑːl, -eɪnəl, -æl Etymology: Borrowed from French banal (“held in common, relating to feudal service, by extension commonplace”), from Old French banel, related to Medieval Latin bannālis (“subject to feudal authority”), from Latin bannus (“jurisdiction”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, summon, forbid”). Equivalent to ban + -al. See also ban, abandon. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{ngd|by extension}} by extension, {{bor|en|fr|banal|t=held in common, relating to feudal service, <span class="Latn" lang="en">by extension</span> commonplace}} French banal (“held in common, relating to feudal service, by extension commonplace”), {{der|en|fro|banel}} Old French banel, {{der|en|ML.|bannālis|t=subject to feudal authority}} Medieval Latin bannālis (“subject to feudal authority”), {{der|en|la|bannus|t=jurisdiction}} Latin bannus (“jurisdiction”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*bannaną|t=to order, summon, forbid}} Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, summon, forbid”), {{af|en|ban|-al}} ban + -al, {{l|en|ban}} ban, {{l|en|abandon}} abandon Head templates: {{en-adj|more|er}} banal (comparative more banal or banaler, superlative most banal or banalest)
  1. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. Synonyms: everyday, prosaic, hackneyed, boring Translations (common): banal (Albanian), بَايِخ (bāyiḵ) (Arabic), عَادِيّ (ʕādiyy) (Arabic), տափակ (tapʻak) (Armenian), ծեծված (cecvac) (Armenian), բանալ (banal) (Armenian), անհամ (anham) (Armenian), бана́льны (banálʹny) (Belarusian), звыча́йны (zvyčájny) (Belarusian), обикнове́н (obiknovén) (Bulgarian), бана́лен (banálen) (Bulgarian), banal (Catalan), 平凡 (píngfán) (Chinese Mandarin), 平庸 (píngyōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 平常 (píngcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), banální (Czech), banal (Danish), banaal (Dutch), gewoontjes (Dutch), banala (Esperanto), lattea (Finnish), itsestään selvä (Finnish), banal (French), banal (Galician), ბანალური (banaluri) (Georgian), ჩვეულებრივი (čveulebrivi) (Georgian), banal (German), μπανάλ (banál) (Greek), שטחי (shitkhí) (Hebrew), בָּנָלִי (banáli) (Hebrew), banális (Hungarian), banal (Indonesian), banal (Interlingua), banale (Italian), ありふれた (arifureta) (Japanese), 陳腐な (chinpu na) (alt: ちんぷな) (Japanese), 시시하다 (sisihada) (Korean), 따분하다 (ttabunhada) (Korean), 진부(陳腐)하다 (jinbuhada) (Korean), 평범하다 (pyeongbeomhada) (Korean), тамтыгы чыккан (tamtıgı cıkkan) (Kyrgyz), banalus (Lithuanian), банален (banalen) (Macedonian), basi (Malay), banal (Malay), mākihakiha (Maori), banal (Norwegian Bokmål), banalny (Polish), banal (Portuguese), banal (Romanian), бана́льный (banálʹnyj) (Russian), изби́тый (izbítyj) (Russian), обыкнове́нный (obyknovénnyj) (Russian), ба̀на̄лан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bànālan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), banálny (Slovak), banalen (Slovene), banal (Spanish), banal (Swedish), banal (Turkish), бана́льний (banálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), звича́йний (zvyčájnyj) (Ukrainian), nhàm (Vietnamese), plat (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-banal-en-adj-ZxxOYFQx Disambiguation of 'common': 100 0
  2. (uncommon, historical) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service. Tags: historical, uncommon
    Sense id: en-banal-en-adj-C6JayQay Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bannal [uncommon] Derived forms: banality, banalize, banally

Inflected forms

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          "word": "звыча́йны"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "píngfán",
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          "word": "平凡"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "píngyōng",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "common",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "lattea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "itsestään selvä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "common",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "banaluri",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "ბანალური"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "čveulebrivi",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "ჩვეულებრივი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "common",
          "word": "μπανάλ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shitkhí",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "שטחי"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "banáli",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "בָּנָלִי"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banális"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "arifureta",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "ありふれた"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "ちんぷな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chinpu na",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "陳腐な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sisihada",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "시시하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ttabunhada",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "따분하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jinbuhada",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "진부(陳腐)하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pyeongbeomhada",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "평범하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "tamtıgı cıkkan",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "тамтыгы чыккан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banalus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "banalen",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "банален"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "basi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "mākihakiha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banalny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "banálʹnyj",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "бана́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izbítyj",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "изби́тый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obyknovénnyj",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "обыкнове́нный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "common",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ба̀на̄лан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "common",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "bànālan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banálny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banalen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "banal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "banálʹnyj",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "бана́льний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zvyčájnyj",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "звича́йний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "nhàm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "common",
          "word": "plat"
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        {
          "ref": "1926, Thomas Guérin, Feudal Canada: The Story of the Seigniories of New France, page 72",
          "text": "They arrived in 1732, and were distributed gratis to the more important banal mills.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, C. Warren Hollister, “War and Diplomacy in the Anglo-Norman world: the reign of Henry I”, in Anglo-Norman Studies VI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference, 1983, page 79",
          "text": "French historians have viewed these policies as efforts to replace the banal authority inherited from the Carolingians […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500, page 138",
          "text": "To what extent were banal lords accountable to a prince or a king for their unrestricted exercise of public authority?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service."
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          "jurisdiction"
        ],
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          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, historical) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service."
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          "ref": "2013, John Carney, Begin Again (motion picture), spoken by Dan (Mark Ruffalo)",
          "text": "One of the most banal scenes is suddenly invested with so much meaning! All these banalities - They're suddenly turned into these… these beautiful, effervescent pearls. From Music.",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with uncommon senses"
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          "ref": "1926, Thomas Guérin, Feudal Canada: The Story of the Seigniories of New France, page 72",
          "text": "They arrived in 1732, and were distributed gratis to the more important banal mills.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, C. Warren Hollister, “War and Diplomacy in the Anglo-Norman world: the reign of Henry I”, in Anglo-Norman Studies VI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference, 1983, page 79",
          "text": "French historians have viewed these policies as efforts to replace the banal authority inherited from the Carolingians […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500, page 138",
          "text": "To what extent were banal lords accountable to a prince or a king for their unrestricted exercise of public authority?",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbeɪnəl/"
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      "ipa": "/bəˈnæl/"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "common",
      "word": "بَايِخ"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "common",
      "word": "عَادِيّ"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "tapʻak",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "տափակ"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cecvac",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "ծեծված"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "banal",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "բանալ"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anham",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "անհամ"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "banálʹny",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "бана́льны"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zvyčájny",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "звыча́йны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obiknovén",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "обикнове́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "banálen",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "бана́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngfán",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "平凡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngyōng",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "平庸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngcháng",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "平常"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banální"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "gewoontjes"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "lattea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "itsestään selvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "banaluri",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "ბანალური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čveulebrivi",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "ჩვეულებრივი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "common",
      "word": "μπανάλ"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shitkhí",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "שטחי"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "banáli",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "בָּנָלִי"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banális"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "arifureta",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "ありふれた"
    },
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      "alt": "ちんぷな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinpu na",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "陳腐な"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sisihada",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "시시하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ttabunhada",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "따분하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinbuhada",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "진부(陳腐)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pyeongbeomhada",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "평범하다"
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      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "tamtıgı cıkkan",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "тамтыгы чыккан"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banalus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "common",
      "word": "банален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "basi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "mākihakiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "banálʹnyj",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "бана́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izbítyj",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "изби́тый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obyknovénnyj",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "обыкнове́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "common",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ба̀на̄лан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "common",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "bànālan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banálny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "banal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "banálʹnyj",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "бана́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvyčájnyj",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "звича́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "nhàm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "common",
      "word": "plat"
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}

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