banale
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.nal/
Audio (CAN) (file) - Homophones: banal, banals, banales
Adjective
banale
- feminine singular of banal
Anagrams
- Albane
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
banale
- inflection of banal:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French banal, derived from ban (“declaration, announcement”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈna.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: ba‧nà‧le
Adjective
banale (plural banali, superlative banalissimo)
- banal, cliché, trite
- trivial, unimportant, mere, ordinary, common
- dull, uninteresting (of person)
- (mathematics) said of a solution of a problem that is trivial, e.g. when variables are all zero
Synonyms
- comune, ovvio, ordinario, prevedibile, scontato, trito, triviale
Antonyms
- eccezionale, importante, interessante, nuovo, straordinario
Related terms
- banalità
- banalizzare
- banalmente
Further reading
- banale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- balena