banal

Meaning

  1. owned by feudal lords
  2. public, shared
  3. banal, trite, commonplace

Concepts

commonplace
trite
ordinary
banal
hackneyed
common
everyday
routine
trivial
platitudinous
well-worn
workaday

easily obtained

mundane
usual
stale
mediocre
tired
😫
corny
shopworn
dismal
timeworn
threadbare
normal
glamourless
banality
bland
bromidic
humdrum
natural
obvious
old hat
pedestrian
proletarian
prosaic
quotidian
reasonable
run-of-the-mill
stock
unprepossessing
unremarkable
unsurprising
vulgar
cliched

every month

old-hat

be common

Synonyms

ordinaire
trivial
commun
vulgaire
rebattu
médiocre
grossier
usé
quotidien
quelconque
bas
lieu commun
mineur
monotone
moyen
naturel
plat
quotidienne
raisonnable
sans intérêt

dénué d’intérêt

indivis
médiocrité
routine
routinier
suranné

usé par le temps

banalité
vieillot
bateau
démodé
éculé
évident
fatigué
fréquent
habituel
inintéressant
insignifiant
journalier
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ba.nal/
Etymology

From ban + -al, related to Medieval Latin bannālis, from bannus.

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