anodin

anodin

1. genitive singular of anodi

• noidan

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνώδυνος (anṓdunos, “free from pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”).

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ.dɛ̃/

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• Homophone: anodins

anodin (feminine anodine, masculine plural anodins, feminine plural anodines)

1. (pharmacology) anodyne

   Les préparations de ciguë, d'opium, etc., sont des remèdes anodins.

   Preparations of hemlock, opium, and so forth, are known as anodynes.

2. (figuratively) ineffective

   Dans l'état des choses, il ne faut pas se contenter de remèdes anodins.

   Given the current state of affairs, we must not be contented with ineffectual remedies.

3. (by extension) innocuous, harmless, trivial

   Synonyms: faible, insignifiant

   un discours anodin ― an innocuous speech

   anodin en apparence ― seemingly trivial

4. trivial, unimportant, insignificant

• “anodin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French anodin.

anodin m or n (feminine singular anodină, masculine plural anodini, feminine and neuter plural anodine)

1. anodyne