inertie
Dutch
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Noun
inertie f (plural inerties)
- inertia
- (figuratively) Lack of dynamism or forcefulness.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inertia (“want of art or skill; inactivity”), from iners (“inept, slow”), itself from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
inertie f (usually uncountable, plural inerties)
- (physics) inertia
- (figuratively) lack of dynamism or forcefulness
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Further reading
- “inertie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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