banal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links 1.4 Anagrams 2 Breton 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Adjective 3.4 Anagrams 4 German 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adjective 4.2.1 Related terms 5 Indonesian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adjective 6 Spanish 6.1 Adjective 7 Tagalog 7.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< French bannal < Mediaeval Latin bannalis (“‘pertaining to compulsory feudal service, applied especially to mills, wells, overs, etc., used in common by people of the lower classes, upon the command of a feudal superior; hence, common, commonplace’”) < bannum (“‘command, proclamation’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: bə-näl', IPA: /bəˈnɑːl/, SAMPA: /b@"nA:l/

  Rhymes: -ɑːl

• enPR: bān'əl, IPA: /ˈbeɪnəl/, SAMPA: /"beIn@l/

  Rhymes: -eɪnəl

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[edit] Adjective

banal (comparative more banal or banaler, superlative most banal or banalest)

1. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

[edit] Synonyms

cliche, cliché corny everyday hackneyed

prosaic trite vapid meh

• See also Wikisaurus:hackneyed

[edit] Antonyms

• new
• original

[edit] Related terms

• banality
• banalize
• banally

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• banal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• banal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aabln
• Alban
• Laban
• nabla

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[edit] Breton

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banal m.

1. bramble
2. broom (a plant, sp. Genista)

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[edit] French

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• IPA: /ba.nal/
• Homophones: banale, banals, banales

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banal m. (f. banale, m. plural banals, f. plural banales)

1. banal

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banal m. (f. banale, m. plural banaux, f. plural banales)

1. (law) public

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aabln
• Alban

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From French banal

[edit] Adjective

banal (comparative banaler, superlative am banalsten)

1. banal

[edit] Related terms

• Banalität
• banalisieren

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch banaal

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banal

1. banal

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[edit] Spanish

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banal m. and f. (plural banales)

1. banal

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[edit] Tagalog

[edit] Adjective

banal

1. pious