"triviality" meaning in English

See triviality in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌtɹɪviˈæləti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-triviality.wav Forms: trivialities [plural]
Etymology: From trivial + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trivial|ity}} trivial + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} triviality (countable and uncountable, plural trivialities)
  1. The quality of being trivial or unimportant. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being trivial): tyhjänpäiväisyys (Finnish), yhdentekevyys (Finnish), trivialité [feminine] (French), hanganoatanga (Maori), bagatelność [feminine] (Polish), błahość [feminine] (Polish), trywialność [feminine] (Polish), тривиа́льность (triviálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), бана́льность (banálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), малова́жность (malovážnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мелкоте́мье (melkotémʹje) (note: of subject matter) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-triviality-en-noun-LxBWtmAU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'quality of being trivial': 90 10
  2. Something which is trivial or unimportant. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: trifle
    Sense id: en-triviality-en-noun-0E0gKmFE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (partial): bathos Translations (something trivial): jonninjoutavuus (Finnish), tyhjänpäiväisyys (Finnish), parvada [feminine] (Galician), bagatela [feminine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'partial': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'something trivial': 53 47

Inflected forms

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