Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - banal
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Banal
banal
If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • You can refer to banal things as the banal. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre. N-SING: the N • banality (banalities) ...the banality of life... Neil’s ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me. N-VAR
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adjective Etymology: French, from Middle French, of compulsory feudal service, possessed in common, commonplace, from ban Date: 1825 lacking originality, freshness, or novelty ; trite Synonyms: see insipid • ~ize transitive verb • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. trite, feeble, commonplace. Derivatives banality n. (pl. -ies). banally adv. Etymology: orig. in sense 'compulsory', hence 'common to all', f. F f. ban (as BAN) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. банальный; пошлый banal idea —- избитая мысль 2. ист. общинный; обязательный для всех подвластных феодалу banal mill —- общинная мельница (на которую все крестьяне были обязаны свозить зерно для помола) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. банальный Syn: fatuous, inane, insipid, jejune, vapid Ant: meaningful, significant ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj ordinary and not interesting, because of a lack of new or different ideas (a banal piece of writing) - banality n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1840, from Fr. banal, adj. form of ban "decree, legal control" (see ban). Originally designating things like ovens or mills that belonged to feudal serfs, or else compulsory military service; in either case generalized through "open to everyone" to "commonplace, ordinary." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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