trite

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: trīt, IPA: /traɪt/, SAMPA: /traIt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Etymology 1

From Latin tritus, a form of the verb terere (“to rub or wear”).

Adjective

trite (comparative triter, superlative tritest)

1. Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).
   • 2007, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 267

     McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite!

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hackneyed

Translations

worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective

Chinese: Mandarin: 陳腐 (zh), 陈腐 (zh) (chénfǔ), 平凡 (zh) (píngfán) Dutch: versleten (nl), afgezaagd (nl), banaal (nl) Finnish: kulunut (fi) French: banal (fr), trivial (fr) German: banal (de), platt (de), nichtssagend (de), abgedroschen (de) Greek: τετριμμένος (el) (tetrimménos) m., κοινότοπος (el) (koinótopos) m. Hungarian: elkoptatott (hu), elcsépelt (hu), banális (hu) Ido: triviala

Irish: seanchaite (ga) Japanese: 陳腐な (ja) (ちんぷな, chinpu-na), ありふれた (ja) (arifureta) Manx: ceaut (gv), shenn-cheaut (gv) Portuguese: gasto (pt), banal (pt) Russian: банальный (ru) (banál’nyj), избитый (ru) (izbítyj), затасканный (ru) (zatáskannyj), шаблонный (ru) (šablónnyj) Spanish: manido (es), trillado (es), cliché (es), tópico (es), lugar común (es), trivial (es)

See also

• cliché

Etymology 2

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Wikipedia

Noun

trite (uncountable)

1. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
2. A genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.

Translations

denomination of ancient Greek coinage

spider genus

Anagrams

• tetri
• titer
• titre

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Italian

Adjective

trite f.

1. Feminine plural form of trito

Anagrams

• retti, ritte, tetri

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Latin

Participle

trīte

1. vocative masculine singular of trītus