banal

English

Etymology

From French bannal, from Medieval 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”), from bannum (“command, proclamation”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bə-näl', IPA: /bəˈnɑːl/, SAMPA: /b@"nA:l/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl
• enPR: bān'əl, IPA: /ˈbeɪnəl/, SAMPA: /"beIn@l/
• Rhymes: -eɪnəl
• enPR: bə-năl', IPA: /bəˈnæl/, SAMPA: /b@"n{l/
• Rhymes: -æl

• Audio (UK)

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Adjective

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

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

Synonyms

cliche, cliché corny everyday hackneyed

prosaic trite vapid meh

• See also Wikisaurus:hackneyed

Antonyms

• new
• original

Related terms

• banality
• banalize
• banally

Translations

common

Albanian: banal (sq) Bulgarian: обикновен (bg), банален (bg) Catalan: banal (ca) m. and f. Chinese: Mandarin: 平凡 (zh) (píngfán), 平庸 (zh) (píngyōng), 平常 (zh) (píngcháng) Czech: banální (cs) Dutch: banaal (nl) Esperanto: banala (eo) Finnish: lattea (fi), itsestään selvä (fi) French: banal (fr) Georgian: ბანალური (ka) (banaluri) German: banal (de) Hungarian: banális (hu)

Interlingua: banal (ia) Italian: banale (it) Japanese: ありふれた (ja) (arifureta), 陳腐な (ja) (ちんぷな, chinpu-na) Lithuanian: banalus (lt) m., banali (lt) f., banalūs (lt) m. pl., banalios (lt) f. pl. Norwegian: banal (no) m. and f., banalt (no) Polish: banalny (pl) m., banalna (pl) f., banalne (pl) n., banalni (pl) pl. Portuguese: banal (pt) m. and f. Russian: банальный (ru) (banál’nyj), избитый (ru) (izbítyj), обыкновенный (ru) (obyknovénnyj) Spanish: banal (es) Swedish: banal (sv) West Frisian: plat (fy)

External links

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

Anagrams

• Alban
• Laban
• nabla

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Breton

Noun

banal m.

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

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French

Pronunciation

• audio

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

Adjective

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

1. banal

Adjective

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

1. (law) public

Anagrams

• Alban

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German

Etymology

From French banal

Adjective

banal (comparative banaler, superlative am banalsten)

1. banal

Related terms

• Banalität
• banalisieren

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch banaal

Adjective

banal

1. banal

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

banal

1. banal

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Spanish

Etymology

From French banal, ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /baˈnal/

Adjective

banal m. and f. (plural banales)

1. banal

Derived terms

• banalidad f.

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Tagalog

Adjective

banal

1. pious