Feminine

inertie

Meaning

  1. (feminine, uncountable, usually) inertia
  2. (feminine, figuratively, uncountable, usually) lack of dynamism or forcefulness

Frequency

30k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/i.nɛʁ.si/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin inertia (“want of art or skill; inactivity”), from iners (“inept, slow”), itself from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).

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