trivial
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin triviālis (“‘appropriate to the street-corner, commonplace, vulgar’”), from trivium (“‘place where three roads meet’”). Cf. trivium, trivia.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
trivial (comparative more trivial, superlative most trivial)
|
Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- Of little significance or value.
- Common, ordinary.
- Concerned with or involving trivia.
- (biology) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
- (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
- (mathematics) Self-evident.
- pertaining to the trivium
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
of little significance or value
common, ordinary
|
concerned with or involving trivia
|
(mathematics) of being the simplest possible case
|
(mathematics) self-evident
|
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
trivial m. (f. triviale, m. plural triviaux, f. plural triviales)
- trivial (common, easy, obvious)
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Adjective
trivial m. and f. (plural triviales)
