Trite — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹˈaɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹˈaɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹˈaɪt/

1 syllable Say it as /tɹˈaɪt/.

Examples

bromidic sermons
his remarks were trite and commonplace
hackneyed phrases

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

old-hat banal hackneyed well-worn commonplace timeworn threadbare stock shopworn tired

Parts of Speech

adjective

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

“bromidic sermons”

Word Forms

banality	noun	a trite or obvious remark
commonplace	noun	a trite or obvious remark
triteness	noun	unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

banal

zu oft wiederholt; Übervertraut durch Überbeanspruchung

🇫🇷French

banal

répété trop souvent; trop familier par surutilisation

🇪🇸Spanish

trillado

repetido con demasiada frecuencia; demasiado familiar a través del uso excesivo

🇮🇹Italian

banale

ripetuto troppo spesso; troppo familiare a causa dell'uso eccessivo

🇳🇱Dutch

afgezaagd

te vaak herhaald; te vertrouwd door overmatig gebruik

🇵🇹Portuguese

banal

repetido com muita frequência; excessivamente familiar através do uso excessivo

🇷🇺Russian

банально

повторяется слишком часто; слишком знаком из-за чрезмерного использования

India

🇮🇳Hindi

घिसे-पिटे

बहुत बार दोहराया गया; अति प्रयोग के माध्यम से अति परिचित

🇮🇳Tamil

சாதாரணமான

அடிக்கடி மீண்டும் மீண்டும்; அதிகப்படியான உபயோகத்தின் மூலம் தெரிந்தது

🇮🇳Telugu

సామాన్యమైన

చాలా తరచుగా పునరావృతం; మితిమీరిన వినియోగం ద్వారా బాగా తెలిసినది

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટ્રાઇટ

ઘણી વાર પુનરાવર્તિત; વધુ પડતા ઉપયોગ દ્વારા પરિચિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಟ್ರಿಟ್

ಆಗಾಗ್ಗೆ ಪುನರಾವರ್ತನೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ; ಅತಿಯಾದ ಬಳಕೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಪರಿಚಿತ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിസ്സാരമായ

പലപ്പോഴും ആവർത്തിക്കുന്നു; അമിതമായ ഉപയോഗത്തിലൂടെ പരിചിതമാണ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟ੍ਰਾਈਟ

ਬਹੁਤ ਵਾਰ ਦੁਹਰਾਇਆ; ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਬਹੁਤ ਜਾਣੂ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

陈词滥调

重复次数过多；因过度使用而过于熟悉

🇯🇵Japanese

ありきたりな

あまりにも頻繁に繰り返されました。使いすぎによる慣れすぎ

🇰🇷Korean

흔한

너무 자주 반복됨; 과도한 사용으로 인해 지나치게 익숙해짐

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sáo rỗng

lặp đi lặp lại quá thường xuyên; quá quen thuộc do sử dụng quá mức

🇹🇭Thai

ซ้ำซาก

ทำซ้ำบ่อยเกินไป คุ้นเคยจากการใช้งานมากเกินไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

basi

terlalu sering diulang; terlalu familiar karena terlalu sering digunakan

🇵🇭Filipino

walang kabuluhan

paulit-ulit na masyadong madalas; sobrang pamilyar sa pamamagitan ng labis na paggamit

🇲🇾Malay

basi

berulang terlalu kerap; terlalu biasa melalui penggunaan berlebihan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تافه

تكرر كثيرًا؛ مألوفة للغاية من خلال الإفراط في الاستخدام

🇮🇷Persian

پیش پا افتاده

بیش از حد تکرار می شود؛ آشنایی بیش از حد از طریق استفاده بیش از حد

🇹🇷Turkish

basmakalıp

çok sık tekrarlandı; aşırı kullanım nedeniyle aşırı tanıdık

🇮🇱Hebrew

נָדוֹשׁ

חוזר על עצמו לעתים קרובות מדי; מוכר יתר על המידה באמצעות שימוש יתר

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