commonplace

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.

Noun

1. A platitude or cliché.
2. Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
3. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
4. A commonplace book.

Verb

1. To make a commonplace book.
2. To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
3. (obsolete) To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.

Concepts

banal

lieu commun

trivial

cliché

ordinaire

platitude

banalité

vulgaire

médiocre

commun

quotidien

stéréotype

banalisation

lieux commun

médiocrité

rebattu

routinier

idée reçue

courant

fatigué

fréquent

habituel

mineur

moyen

patron

poncif

quelconque

Opposé de

distinguished, inimitable, unique

Synonymes

ordinary

trite

common

banal

platitude

usual

hackneyed

trivial

banality

mediocre

everyday

prosaic

well-worn

threadbare

shopworn

bromide

general

average

cliche

timeworn

dismal

humdrum

platitudinous

truism

tired

😫

routine

old-hat

stock

cliché

vapid

bland

unglamourous

vulgar

unremarkable

dull

unglamorous

workaday

mundane

stereotype

normal

quotidian

regular

conventional

hack

habitual

communal

frequent

formula

fixed

common practice

Traductions

banale

luogo comune

banal

banal

Gemeinplatz

ordinario

lugar común

lugar-comum

trito

alledaags

banalità

afgezaagd

banaal

abgedroschen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

A calque of Latin locus commūnis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὸς τόπος (koinòs tópos).