banal

Meaning

  1. (historical) 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
B2
trivial
32k
commun
B1
vulgaire
C1
rebattu
médiocre
C2
grossier
C1
usé
C2
quotidien
C1
quelconque
C1
bas
A1
lieu commun
mineur
C1
monotone
23k
moyen
A2
naturel
B2
plat
B1
quotidienne
C2
raisonnable
B2
sans intérêt

dénué d’intérêt

indivis
médiocrité
26k
routine
B2
routinier
47k
suranné

usé par le temps

banalité
38k
vieillot
47k
bateau
A2
démodé
C2
éculé
A2
évident
B1
fatigué
B1
fréquent
C2
habituel
C1
inintéressant
insignifiant
C2
journalier
40k
Translations

banale
banal
banal
banaal
afgezaagd
banal
trivial
abgedroschen
alledaags
gewoontjes
vulgar
ordinario

comun

banal
Frequency

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

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

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