levity

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable, usually) A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
2. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) A lack of steadiness.
3. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
4. (countable, usually) A lighthearted or frivolous act.

Concepts

légèreté

frivolité

imprudence

nonchalance

chose frivole

billevesée

Synonymes

lightness

frivolity

flippancy

weakmindedness

flimsiness

light-headedness

light-mindedness

resilience

slightness

thoughtlessness

volatileness

airiness

pickup

recreation

giddiness

headlessness

indulgence

empty show

triviality

frivolousness

perkiness

Traductions

ελαφρότητα

leggerezza

Leichtsinn

levedad

Leichtfertigkeit

ελευθεροστομία

sebatsızlık

frivolidad

düşüncesizlik

Leichtsinnigkeit

levità

hoppalık

hafiflik

ελαφρότης

αστάθεια

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɛ.vɪ.ti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Coined in 1564, from Latin levitās (“lightness, frivolity”), from levis (“lightness (in weight)”). Cognate to lever, and more distantly, light.