platitude

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
2. (countable) A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
3. (uncountable) Flatness; lack of change, activity, or deviation.
4. (uncountable) Unoriginality; triteness.

Concepts

platitude

cliché

lieu commun

banalité

banalisation

figure de rhétorique

truisme

idée reçue

patron

poncif

stéréotype

Synonymes

commonplace

banality

cliche

truism

bromide

triteness

cliché

triviality

rhetoric

staleness

stereotype

tastelessness

trite

vapidity

cliched

empty words

hackneyed expression

set phrase

uncreativeness

banal remark

boredom

dullness

flatness

formula

insipidity

ordinary

phrase

Traductions

platitude

Plattitüde

banalità

perogrullada

cliché

banalidade

luogo comune

lugar común

tópico

cliché

banaliteit

trivialidade

chavão

platitude

gemeenplaats

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈplatɪtjuːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French platitude, from plat (“flat”).