"nonsense" meaning in Anglais

See nonsense in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈnɒn.sɛns\, \ˈnɒn.səns\, \ˈnɒn.sɛns\, \ˈnɒn.səns\ Audio: En-us-nonsense.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-nonsense.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-nonsense.wav
  1. Bêtises, n’importe quoi, mensonges.
    Sense id: fr-nonsense-en-noun-D3Q7JWfE Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Pages liées à Wikisource en anglais
  2. Non-sens, absurdité.
    Sense id: fr-nonsense-en-noun-TyX11K5f Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: horseshit [vulgar], drivel, gibberish, prattle
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dates manquantes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dérivations en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais préfixés avec non-",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms indénombrables en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Siècle à préciser)Dérivé de sense, avec le préfixe non-."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "balderdash"
    },
    {
      "word": "baloney"
    },
    {
      "word": "bull"
    },
    {
      "word": "bulldust"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunk"
    },
    {
      "word": "codswallop"
    },
    {
      "word": "colloquialism"
    },
    {
      "word": "hogwash"
    },
    {
      "word": "hooey"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse hockey"
    },
    {
      "word": "malarkey"
    },
    {
      "word": "manure"
    },
    {
      "word": "poppycock"
    },
    {
      "word": "rubbish"
    },
    {
      "word": "slang"
    },
    {
      "word": "twaddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "bollocks"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "crap"
    },
    {
      "word": "horseshit"
    }
  ],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages liées à Wikisource en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Stop talking nonsense.",
          "translation": "Arrêtez de dire n’importe quoi."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais) , Vol. 1, chapitre 2, 3ᵉ éd., T. Egerton, Whitehall, Londres, 1817, page 8",
          "text": "The girls stared at their father. Mrs. Bennet said only, \"Nonsense, nonsense!\""
        }
      ],
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        "Bêtises, n’importe quoi, mensonges."
      ],
      "id": "fr-nonsense-en-noun-D3Q7JWfE"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll, is a nonsense poem.",
          "translation": "Jabberwocky, de Lewis Carroll, est un poème absurde."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Non-sens, absurdité."
      ],
      "id": "fr-nonsense-en-noun-TyX11K5f"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈnɒn.səns\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈnɒn.sɛns\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈnɒn.səns\\"
    },
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    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "horseshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "drivel"
    },
    {
      "word": "gibberish"
    },
    {
      "word": "prattle"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
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  ],
  "word": "nonsense"
}
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    "Dérivations en anglais",
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais préfixés avec non-",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "Noms indénombrables en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Siècle à préciser)Dérivé de sense, avec le préfixe non-."
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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    {
      "word": "balderdash"
    },
    {
      "word": "baloney"
    },
    {
      "word": "bull"
    },
    {
      "word": "bulldust"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunk"
    },
    {
      "word": "codswallop"
    },
    {
      "word": "colloquialism"
    },
    {
      "word": "hogwash"
    },
    {
      "word": "hooey"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse hockey"
    },
    {
      "word": "malarkey"
    },
    {
      "word": "manure"
    },
    {
      "word": "poppycock"
    },
    {
      "word": "rubbish"
    },
    {
      "word": "slang"
    },
    {
      "word": "twaddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "bollocks"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "crap"
    },
    {
      "word": "horseshit"
    }
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        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
        "Pages liées à Wikisource en anglais"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Stop talking nonsense.",
          "translation": "Arrêtez de dire n’importe quoi."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais) , Vol. 1, chapitre 2, 3ᵉ éd., T. Egerton, Whitehall, Londres, 1817, page 8",
          "text": "The girls stared at their father. Mrs. Bennet said only, \"Nonsense, nonsense!\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bêtises, n’importe quoi, mensonges."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll, is a nonsense poem.",
          "translation": "Jabberwocky, de Lewis Carroll, est un poème absurde."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Non-sens, absurdité."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈnɒn.səns\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈnɒn.sɛns\\"
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      "ipa": "\\ˈnɒn.səns\\"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "horseshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "drivel"
    },
    {
      "word": "gibberish"
    },
    {
      "word": "prattle"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
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  "word": "nonsense"
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