inertie
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French inertie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈnɛr(t)si/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧er‧tie
Noun
inertie f (plural inerties)
- inertia
- (figuratively) Lack of dynamism or forcefulness.
Synonyms
- traagheid
Antonyms
- dynamisme
- doortastendheid
- besluitvaardigheid
Related terms
- inert
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inertia (“want of art or skill; inactivity”), from iners (“inept, slow”), itself from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.nɛʁ.si/
Audio (file)
Noun
inertie f (usually uncountable, plural inerties)
- (physics) inertia
- (figuratively) lack of dynamism or forcefulness
Related terms
- inerte
Descendants
- → Dutch: inertie
Further reading
- “inertie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.