anodin
Finnish
Noun
anodin
Anagrams
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
anodin (feminine anodine, masculine plural anodins, feminine plural anodines)
- (pharmacology) anodyne
- Les préparations de ciguë, d’opium, etc., sont des remèdes anodins.
- Preparations of hemlock, opium, and so forth, are known as anodynes.
- (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.
- (by extension) innocuous, harmless, trivial
- Synonyms: faible, insignifiant
- un discours anodin ― an innocuous speech
- anodin en apparence ― seemingly trivial
Further reading
- “anodin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.