trivia

T1R1I1V4I1A1
Canada, UK, US/ˈtɹɪvi.ə/

noun

Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information.

“I joined the trivia club this semester!”

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frothtrivialitytriflesmall beer
OriginLatin trivia →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

trivia1

nountrivia (countable and uncountable, plural trivia or trivias)

plural trivias

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

    These trivia take up too much of the day.

    2 more examples

    This trivia takes up too much of the day.

    There is the story of the famous Hollywood glamour photographer who cooled his heels around Washington for three months while waiting for one of our leading commanders, and then was granted exactly 15 minutes for the sitting. […] Our military leaders simply don't have time for such trivia. Thank God!

    1943 December 28, Herbert L. Bregstein, “The Armored Force and the Camera”, in Popular Photography, volume 13, number 6, page 77

    Synonyms: froth

  2. countableuncountableA quiz game that involves obscure facts.

    I joined the trivia club this semester!

noun
  1. pluralplural of trivium

Trivia2

proper noun
  1. Romanhuman sciencesAn aspect of the Roman goddess Diana, pertaining to her role as guardian of trivia (crossroads or forks where three roads meet); used as an epithet.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounInsignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information.

Similar
froth

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomething of small importance

Similar
trivialitytriflesmall beer
Broader
objectphysical object
Also see
small beertrifletriviality

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

trivia · noun, noun

  1. Latintrivia
  2. Englishtrivia

PIE word *tréyes Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- Proto-Italic *wiā Latin via Latin -ius Latin trivius Latin trivia English trivia From 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.

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Trivia · proper noun

See trivia.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 冷知識 /冷知识, 豆知識 /豆知识
  • 冷知識 /冷知识 (lěngzhīshí, lěngzhīshì)insignificant trifles of little importance
  • 豆知識 /豆知识 (dòuzhīshí)insignificant trifles of little importance
Dutch trivia
  • triviainsignificant trifles of little importance
Finnish nippelitieto, trivia
  • nippelitietoinsignificant trifles of little importance
  • triviainsignificant trifles of little importance
French bagatelles, fadaises
  • bagatellesinsignificant trifles of little importance
  • fadaisesinsignificant trifles of little importance
German Trivia, Varia
  • Triviainsignificant trifles of little importance
  • Variainsignificant trifles of little importance
  • Nichtigkeiteninsignificant trifles of little importance
  • Kleinigkeiteninsignificant trifles of little importance
  • Minuzieninsignificant trifles of little importance
Hungarian érdekesség
  • érdekességinsignificant trifles of little importance
Japanese 豆知識
  • 豆知識 (mamechishiki)insignificant trifles of little importance
Korean 잡학
  • 잡학 (japhak)insignificant trifles of little importance
Latvian nieki, sīkumi
  • niekiinsignificant trifles of little importance
  • sīkumiinsignificant trifles of little importance
Māori kūrapa, kāmuimui
  • kūrapainsignificant trifles of little importance
  • kāmuimuiinsignificant trifles of little importance
Polish ciekawostka
  • ciekawostkainsignificant trifles of little importance
Portuguese curiosidade
  • curiosidadeinsignificant trifles of little importance
Russian ме́лочи, пустяки́
  • ме́лочи (méloči)insignificant trifles of little importance
  • пустяки́ (pustjakí)insignificant trifles of little importance
Spanish trivia, trivia
  • triviainsignificant trifles of little importance
  • triviaquiz
Swedish bagateller, småsaker
  • bagatellerinsignificant trifles of little importance
  • småsakerinsignificant trifles of little importance
  • struntsakerinsignificant trifles of little importance
Turkish ıvır zıvır
  • ıvır zıvırinsignificant trifles of little importance
Ukrainian дрібни́ці, ціка́винки
  • дрібни́ці (dribnýci)insignificant trifles of little importance
  • ціка́винки (cikávynky)insignificant trifles of little importance
Vietnamese thông tin bên lề
  • thông tin bên lềinsignificant trifles of little importance
Yiddish טריוויע, נישטיקייטן
  • טריוויע (trivye)insignificant trifles of little importance
  • נישטיקייטן (nishtikeytn)insignificant trifles of little importance

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with trivia

boliviaOlivia
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Cite this entry
APA

trivia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trivia

MLA

“trivia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trivia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trivia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trivia.

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