Meanings
plural trivialities
- countableSomething which is trivial or unimportant.
Yes, I have a case. After a month of trivialities and stagnation the wheels move once more.
1922 February–March, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Problem of Thor Bridge”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 1721 more example
I propose to devote the remainder of mine to it, and can only regret the wasted years that lie behind me, squandered in trivialities.
1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLCSynonyms: bagatelle, bag of shells, bric-a-brac, dicky, dicky-bird, fico, fig, inconsequential
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being trivial or unimportant.
nounSomething which is trivial or unimportant.
partial
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Indo-European*tri-
- Proto-Italic*tri-
- Latintri-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-
- Proto-Italic*wiā
- Latinvia
- Latintrivius
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latintriviālis
- Englishtrivial
- Englishtriviality
Translations
Finnish tyhjänpäiväisyys, yhdentekevyys
- tyhjänpäiväisyysquality of being trivial
- yhdentekevyysquality of being trivial
- jonninjoutavuussomething trivial
- tyhjänpäiväisyyssomething trivial
French trivialité
- trivialitéquality of being trivial
Māori hanganoatanga
- hanganoatangaquality of being trivial
Polish bagatelność, błahość
- bagatelnośćquality of being trivial
- błahośćquality of being trivial
- trywialnośćquality of being trivial
- bagatelasomething trivial
Russian тривиа́льность, бана́льность
- тривиа́льность (triviálʹnostʹ)quality of being trivial
- бана́льность (banálʹnostʹ)quality of being trivial
- малова́жность (malovážnostʹ)quality of being trivial
- мелкоте́мье (melkotémʹje)quality of being trivial
Spanish trivialidad, ñanga
- trivialidadquality of being trivial
- ñangasomething trivial
- trivialidadsomething trivial
Tamil அற்பம், அற்பம்
- அற்பம் (aṟpam)quality of being trivial
- அற்பம் (aṟpam)something trivial
Cite this entry
triviality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triviality
“triviality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triviality. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triviality,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triviality.
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