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1 triviality
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2 triviality
1 ( banality) banalité f ;2 ( irrelevance) futilité f, détail m insignifiant ; to waste time on trivialities perdre son temps en futilités. -
3 triviality
(a) (of sum) insignifiance f, caractère m insignifiant; (of discussion) insignifiance f, caractère m oiseux; (of film) banalité f∎ don't waste your time on trivialities ne perdez pas votre temps à des bagatelles -
4 triviality
1) (the state of being trivial.) banalité2) ((plural trivialities) something which is trivial: He is always worrying about some triviality or other.) banalité -
5 trifle
trifle [ˈtraɪfl]1. nouna. ( = insignificant thing) bagatelle f• £5 is a mere trifle 5 livres, c'est trois fois rienb. ( = dessert) ≈ diplomate m* * *['traɪfl] 1.1)2) ( triviality) (gift, money) bagatelle f; (matter, problem) détail m3) GB Culinary ≈ diplomate m2.to trifle with — jouer avec [feelings, affections]
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6 trivia
['triviə](unimportant matters or details: I haven't time to worry about such trivia.) broutilles- trivial- trivially - triviality -
7 trifle
A n1 a trifle ( slightly) légèrement, un tantinet iron ; a trifle dull/long légèrement ennuyeux/long ; a trifle breathlessly légèrement essoufflé ; to speed up/slow down a trifle accélérer/ralentir légèrement ;2 ( triviality) (gift, money) bagatelle f ; (matter, problem) détail m, chose f sans importance ; to waste time on trifles perdre son temps à des broutilles ;3 GB Culin ≈ diplomate m.B vi to trifle with jouer avec [feelings, affections] ; to trifle with sb traiter qn à la légère ; she's not someone to be trifled with! ce n'est pas une femme qu'on traite à la légère or avec qui l'on badine! -
8 fiddle-faddle
Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > fiddle-faddle
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9 pettiness
pettiness ['petɪnɪs](b) (small-mindedness) mesquinerie f, étroitesse f d'esprit
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Triviality — Triv i*al i*ty, n.; pl. {Trivialities}. [Cf. F. trivialit[ e]] 1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is trivial; a trifle. [1913 Webster] The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
triviality — index immateriality, inconsequence, insignificance, mediocrity, platitude, technicality Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
triviality — 1590s, “quality of being trivial,” from TRIVIAL (Cf. trivial) + ITY (Cf. ity). Meaning “a trivial thing or affair” is from 1610s. Related: Trivialities … Etymology dictionary
triviality — [triv΄ē al′ə tē] n. [ TRIVIAL + ITY] 1. the quality or state of being trivial 2. pl. trivialities a trivial thing, matter, or idea; trifle … English World dictionary
triviality — [[t]trɪ̱viæ̱lɪti[/t]] trivialities N VAR If you refer to something as a triviality, you think that it is unimportant and not serious. He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities... Interviews with politicians were juxtaposed with news … English dictionary
triviality — UK [ˌtrɪvɪˈælətɪ] / US noun Word forms triviality : singular triviality plural trivialities 1) [uncountable] the trivial quality of something 2) [countable] a minor detail or difficulty … English dictionary
triviality — triv|i|al|i|ty [ˌtrıviˈælıti] n plural trivialities 1.) something that is not important at all ▪ Don t waste time on trivialities. 2.) [U] the fact of not being at all important or serious ▪ the triviality of daytime TV … Dictionary of contemporary English
triviality — noun 1) the triviality of the subject matter Syn: unimportance, insignificance, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, pettiness, banality 2) he need not concern himself with such trivialities Syn: minor detail, thing of no importance/consequence,… … Thesaurus of popular words
triviality — trivialumas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. triviality vok. Trivialität, f rus. тривиальность, f pranc. trivialité, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
triviality — trivial ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of little value or importance. DERIVATIVES triviality noun (pl. trivialities) . trivially adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «belonging to the trivium» (an introductory course at a medieval university involving the study … English terms dictionary
triviality — noun (plural ties) Date: 1598 1. the quality or state of being trivial 2. something trivial ; trifle … New Collegiate Dictionary