"absurditet" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

IPA: /absʉɖɪˈteːt/, /absʉʁdɪˈteːt/, /apsʉɖɪˈteːt/, /apsʉʁdɪˈteːt/ Audio: nb-absurditet.ogg Forms: absurditeten [definite, singular], absurditeter [indefinite, plural], absurditetene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -eːt Etymology: From French absurdité (“absurdity”), from Middle French absurdité, from Latin absurditās (“dissonance, absurdity”), from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”) (with the suffix -tās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”). Equivalent to absurd + -itet, with the suffix from German -ität, from French -ité, from the suffix -itātem, accusative of -itās, from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts. Etymology templates: {{root|nb|ine-pro|*swer- (swear)}}, {{root|nb|ine-pro|*swer-}}, {{der|nb|fr|absurdité||absurdity}} French absurdité (“absurdity”), {{der|nb|frm|absurdité}} Middle French absurdité, {{der|nb|la|absurditās||dissonance, absurdity}} Latin absurditās (“dissonance, absurdity”), {{der|nb|la|absurdus||incongruous, dissonant, out of tune}} Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), {{der|nb|ine-pro|*-teh₂ts}} Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, {{der|nb|la|ab||from, away from, on, in}} Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), {{der|nb|itc-pro|*ab}} Proto-Italic *ab, {{der|nb|ine-pro|*h₂epó||off, away}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), {{der|nb|ine-pro|*swer-||to resound; ringing, whistling}} Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”), {{suffix|nb|absurd|-itet}} absurd + -itet, {{der|nb|de|-ität}} German -ität, {{der|nb|fr|-ité}} French -ité, {{der|nb|itc-pro|*-itāts}} Proto-Italic *-itāts, {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*-teh₂ts}} Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
  1. absurdity (the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-absurditet-nb-noun-OgvTkHl4
  2. an absurdity or absurdism (that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction) Tags: masculine Synonyms: absurdisme
    Sense id: en-absurditet-nb-noun-bsjcYTnR
  3. words, expressions, actions, etc. which show that life is absurd Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-absurditet-nb-noun-oHv0rijv Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 25 7 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 4 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: absurd, absurdisme, absurdist, absurdistisk, absurdteater, ad absurdum, in absurdum

Inflected forms

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    {
      "ipa": "/absʉɖɪˈteːt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/absʉʁdɪˈteːt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/apsʉɖɪˈteːt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/apsʉʁdɪˈteːt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "nb-absurditet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/Nb-absurditet.ogg/Nb-absurditet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Nb-absurditet.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "absurditet"
}

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