absurde
Danish
Adjective
absurde
- plural and definite singular attributive of absurd
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin absurdus (“discordant, incongruous”). Compare the inherited sourd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.syʁd/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -yʁd
- Homophone: absurdes
Adjective
absurde (plural absurdes)
- absurd (contrary to reason or propriety)
- Synonym: insensé
Related terms
- absurdement
- absurdité
- sourd
Further reading
- “absurde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
absurde
- inflection of absurd:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Etymology
From absurdus (“discordant, incongruous”).
Adverb
absurdē (comparative absurdius, superlative absurdissimē)
- inharmoniously
- absurdly, irrationally
Related terms
- absurdus
References
- “absurde”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “absurde”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- absurde in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus (“discordant, incongruous”).
Adjective
absurde m or f
- (Jersey) absurd
Derived terms
- absurdément (“absurdly”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abˈsʉɖə/, /abˈsʉʁdə/, /apˈsʉɖə/, /apˈsʉʁdə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʉɖə, -ʉʁdə, -ʉrdə
- Hyphenation: ab‧sur‧de
Adjective
absurde
- definite singular of absurd
- plural of absurd
Anagrams
- abduser, barduse
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
absurde
- definite singular of absurd
- plural of absurd
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
absurde m (feminine singular absurda, masculine plural absurdes, feminine plural absurdas)
- absurd
Derived terms
- absurdament
- absurditat
Swedish
Adjective
absurde
- absolute definite natural masculine singular of absurd.
Anagrams
- berusad, brusade