absurdité

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin absurditās. By surface analysis, absurde +‎ -ité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.syʁ.di.te/
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  • Rhymes: -e
  • Homophone: absurdités

Noun

absurdité f (countable and uncountable, plural absurdités)

  1. (uncountable) absurdity; meaninglessness
    l'absurdité de la vie ― the meaninglessness of life
  2. (countable) a thing that is absurd
    des absurdités ― nonsense

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: absurditet

Further reading

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