"triviality" meaning in English

See triviality in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌtɹɪviˈæləti/ Forms: trivialities [plural]
Etymology: 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'quality of being trivial': 89 11
  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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