🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

trivialidade

Pronunciation / Transliteration: trivialidade

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Triviality/ˌtrɪviˈælɪti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A trivialidade da discussão não merecia tanta atenção."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being trivial; insignificance.

    "The triviality of the argument made it easy to dismiss."
  2. 2

    A trivial or insignificant detail.

    "He focused on the trivialities of the project rather than the main objectives."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'triviality' originates from the Latin 'trivialis', meaning 'belonging to the crossroads' or 'commonplace'. It evolved through Middle French before entering English in the late 14th century, where it took on the connotation of something insignificant or of little value.

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