trivial
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin triviālis (“appropriate to the street-corner, commonplace, vulgar”), from trivium (“place where three roads meet”). Compare trivium, trivia.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
trivial (comparative more trivial, superlative most trivial)
- Of little significance or value.
- 1848, Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair, Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
- "All which details, I have no doubt, Jones, who reads this book at his Club, will pronounce to be excessively foolish, trivial, twaddling, and ultra-sentimental."
- 1848, Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair, Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
- 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.
- (philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
Antonyms [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
- (of little significance): trifling
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
of little significance or value
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common, ordinary
concerned with or involving trivia
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(mathematics) of being the simplest possible case
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(mathematics) self-evident
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Noun [edit]
trivial (plural trivials)
- (obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
trivial m (feminine triviale, masculine plural triviaux, feminine plural triviales)
- trivial (common, easy, obvious)
- ordinary, mundane
- colloquial (language)
Anagrams [edit]
German [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /tʁiviˈaːl/
Adjective [edit]
trivial (comparative trivialer, superlative am trivialsten)
- trivial (common, easy, obvious)
Declension [edit]
positive forms of trivial
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist trivial | sie ist trivial | es ist trivial | sie sind trivial | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | trivialer | triviale | triviales | triviale |
| genitive | trivialen | trivialer | trivialen | trivialer | |
| dative | trivialem | trivialer | trivialem | trivialen | |
| accusative | trivialen | triviale | triviales | triviale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der triviale | die triviale | das triviale | die trivialen |
| genitive | des trivialen | der trivialen | des trivialen | der trivialen | |
| dative | dem trivialen | der trivialen | dem trivialen | den trivialen | |
| accusative | den trivialen | die triviale | das triviale | die trivialen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein trivialer | eine triviale | ein triviales | (keine) trivialen |
| genitive | eines trivialen | einer trivialen | eines trivialen | (keiner) trivialen | |
| dative | einem trivialen | einer trivialen | einem trivialen | (keinen) trivialen | |
| accusative | einen trivialen | eine triviale | ein triviales | (keine) trivialen | |
comparative forms of trivial
superlative forms of trivial
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am trivialsten | sie ist am trivialsten | es ist am trivialsten | sie sind am trivialsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | trivialster | trivialste | trivialstes | trivialste |
| genitive | trivialsten | trivialster | trivialsten | trivialster | |
| dative | trivialstem | trivialster | trivialstem | trivialsten | |
| accusative | trivialsten | trivialste | trivialstes | trivialste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der trivialste | die trivialste | das trivialste | die trivialsten |
| genitive | des trivialsten | der trivialsten | des trivialsten | der trivialsten | |
| dative | dem trivialsten | der trivialsten | dem trivialsten | den trivialsten | |
| accusative | den trivialsten | die trivialste | das trivialste | die trivialsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein trivialster | eine trivialste | ein trivialstes | (keine) trivialsten |
| genitive | eines trivialsten | einer trivialsten | eines trivialsten | (keiner) trivialsten | |
| dative | einem trivialsten | einer trivialsten | einem trivialsten | (keinen) trivialsten | |
| accusative | einen trivialsten | eine trivialste | ein trivialstes | (keine) trivialsten | |
Spanish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
trivial m and f (plural triviales)