trivia

See also: Trivia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/

  Rhymes: -ɪviə

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and "trivial" (quod vide).

Noun

trivia (countable and uncountable, plural trivia)

1. insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information

   These trivia take up too much of the day.

   This trivia takes up too much of the day.

2. A quiz game that involves obscure facts.

   I joined the trivia club this semester!

Usage notes

• Formerly, as word derived from a Latin plural, trivia required a plural verb, as in the first usage example above. Most modern authorities accept a singular verb, and this may be the preferred usage in the US. The game (2) is always regarded as a singular noun.

Derived terms

• administrivia, trivial, triviality, trivialize

Translations

insignificant trifles of little importance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冷知識／冷知识, 冷知识 (lěngzhīshí, lěngzhīshì)

• Dutch: trivia (nl)
• French: bagatelles (fr) f pl, fadaises (fr) f pl
• German: Trivia n pl, Varia (de) n pl, Nichtigkeiten (de) f pl, Kleinigkeiten (de) f pl, Minuzien pl (obsolete)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 豆知識 (まめちしき, mamechishiki)
• Kazakh: мелочи (meloçi)
• Kyrgyz: мелочи (meloci)
• Latvian: nieki m pl, sīkumi m pl
• Maori: kūrapa, kāmuimui
• Polish: ciekawostka (pl) f
• Russian: ме́лочи (ru) f pl (méloči), пустяки́ (ru) m pl (pustjakí)

quiz — see quiz

Etymology 2

Noun

trivia

1. plural of trivium

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) trivia

1. nominative plural of trivium
2. accusative plural of trivium
3. vocative plural of trivium

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) trivia

1. nominative feminine singular of trivius
2. nominative neuter plural of trivius
3. accusative neuter plural of trivius
4. vocative feminine singular of trivius
5. vocative neuter plural of trivius

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) triviā

1. ablative feminine singular of trivius

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Spanish

Noun

trivia f (plural trivias)

1. trivia