anodin

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Finnish

Noun

anodin

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of anodi

Anagrams


French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνώδυνος (anṓdunos, free from pain), from ἀν- (an-, without) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, pain).

Pronunciation

Adjective

anodin (feminine anodine, masculine plural anodins, feminine plural anodines)

  1. (pharmacology) anodyne
    Les préparations de ciguë, d’opium, etc., sont des remèdes anodins.
    Preparations of hemlock, opium, and so forth, are known as anodynes.
  2. (figuratively) ineffective
    Dans l’état des choses, il ne faut pas se contenter de remèdes anodins.
    Given the current state of affairs, we must not be contented with ineffectual remedies.
  3. (by extension) innocuous, harmless, trivial
    Synonyms: faible, insignifiant
    un discours anodinan innocuous speech
    anodin en apparenceseemingly trivial
  4. trivial, unimportant, insignificant

Further reading


Romanian

Etymology

From French anodin.

Adjective

anodin m or n (feminine singular anodină, masculine plural anodini, feminine and neuter plural anodine)

  1. anodyne

Declension