absurd

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈsɜːd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈzɜːd/
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• Canada, General-American: /əbˈsɚd/
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• Canada, General-American: /əbˈzɚd/
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• Canada, General-American: /æbˈsɚd/
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• Canada, General-American: /æbˈzɚd/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B S ER1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Arabic: عَبَثِيّ (ʕabaṯiyy) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Arabic: سَخِيف (saḵīf) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Armenian: անհեթեթ (anhetʻetʻ) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Armenian: աբսուրդ (absurd) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Belarusian: абсу́рдны (absúrdny) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Belarusian: недарэ́чны (njedaréčny) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Belarusian: бязглу́зды (bjazhlúzdy) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Bulgarian: абсу́рден (absúrden) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Bulgarian: неле́п (nelép) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Bulgarian: безсми́слен (bezsmíslen) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Catalan: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Chinese: 譀古 /𰶆古 (zh-min-nan) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Chinese Mandarin: 荒謬 /荒谬 (huāngmiù) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Chinese Mandarin: 荒唐 (huāngtáng) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Chinese Mandarin: 荒誕 /荒诞 (huāngdàn) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Chinese Mandarin: 悖謬 /悖谬 (bèimiù) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Czech: absurdní — contrary to reason or propriety
• Danish: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Danish: meningsløs — contrary to reason or propriety
• Danish: forrykt — contrary to reason or propriety
• Danish: åndssvag — contrary to reason or propriety
• Dutch: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Esperanto: absurda — contrary to reason or propriety
• Estonian: absurdne — contrary to reason or propriety
• Estonian: mõttetu — contrary to reason or propriety
• Finnish: absurdi — contrary to reason or propriety
• Finnish: järjetön — contrary to reason or propriety
• French: absurde — contrary to reason or propriety
• Galician: absurdo — contrary to reason or propriety
• Georgian: აბსურდული (absurduli) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Georgian: უაზრო (uazro) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Georgian: მცდარი (mcdari) — contrary to reason or propriety
• German: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Greek: παράλογος (parálogos) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Hebrew: אבסורד — contrary to reason or propriety
• Hungarian: abszurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Ido: absurda — contrary to reason or propriety
• Indonesian: tak masuk akal — contrary to reason or propriety
• Indonesian: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Interlingua: absurde — contrary to reason or propriety
• Italian: assurdo — contrary to reason or propriety
• Japanese: 馬鹿らしい (bakarashii) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Japanese: 愚か (oroka) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Japanese: 荒唐な (kōtō na) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Khmer: ផ្ដាស (phdaah) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Khmer: ព្រើល (prəəl) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Korean: 황당하다 (hwangdanghada) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Korean: 불합리하다 (bulhamnihada) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Latin: absurdus — contrary to reason or propriety
• Latvian: absurds — contrary to reason or propriety
• Latvian: bezjēdzīgs — contrary to reason or propriety
• Macedonian: апсурден (apsurden) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Manx: meecheeallagh — contrary to reason or propriety
• Māori: haraki — contrary to reason or propriety
• Mongolian: учир утгагүй (učir utgagüj) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Norwegian Bokmål: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Norwegian Bokmål: meningsløs — contrary to reason or propriety
• Norwegian Bokmål: tåpelig — contrary to reason or propriety
• Norwegian Nynorsk: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Norwegian Nynorsk: meiningslaus — contrary to reason or propriety
• Plautdietsch: onveninftich — contrary to reason or propriety
• Polish: absurdalny — contrary to reason or propriety
• Polish: niedorzeczny — contrary to reason or propriety
• Polish: bezsensowny — contrary to reason or propriety
• Portuguese: absurdo — contrary to reason or propriety
• Romanian: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Romanian: irațional — contrary to reason or propriety
• Russian: абсу́рдный (absúrdnyj) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Russian: неле́пый (nelépyj) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Scottish Gaelic: amaideach — contrary to reason or propriety
• Serbo-Croatian: bèsmislen — contrary to reason or propriety
• Slovak: absurdný — contrary to reason or propriety
• Slovene: absúrden — contrary to reason or propriety
• Spanish: absurdo — contrary to reason or propriety
• Swedish: absurd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Swedish: befängd — contrary to reason or propriety
• Thai: บ้า (bâa) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Turkish: absürt — contrary to reason or propriety
• Turkish: saçma — contrary to reason or propriety
• Turkish: saçmalık — contrary to reason or propriety
• Turkish: ipe sapa gelmez — contrary to reason or propriety
• Turkish: abes — contrary to reason or propriety
• Ukrainian: абсу́рдний (absúrdnyj) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Ukrainian: безглу́здий (bezhlúzdyj) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Vietnamese: hoang đường — contrary to reason or propriety
• Yiddish: אַבסורד (absurd) — contrary to reason or propriety
• Bulgarian: абсу́рд (absúrd) — obsolete: an absurdity
• Danish: absurditet — obsolete: an absurdity
• Dutch: absurd — obsolete: an absurdity
• Hungarian: abszurdum — obsolete: an absurdity
• Macedonian: апсурд (apsurd) — obsolete: an absurdity
• Norwegian Bokmål: absurditet — obsolete: an absurdity
• Norwegian Bokmål: absurdisme — obsolete: an absurdity
• Polish: absurd — obsolete: an absurdity
• Polish: niedorzeczność — obsolete: an absurdity
• Polish: bezsens — obsolete: an absurdity
• Polish: nonsens — obsolete: an absurdity
• Polish: bzdura — obsolete: an absurdity
• Polish: brednia — obsolete: an absurdity
• Polish: bajda — obsolete: an absurdity
• Portuguese: absurdo — obsolete: an absurdity
• Romanian: absurd — obsolete: an absurdity
• Russian: абсу́рд (absúrd) — obsolete: an absurdity
• Serbo-Croatian: а̀псурд — obsolete: an absurdity
• Serbo-Croatian: àpsurd — obsolete: an absurdity
• Spanish: absurdo — obsolete: an absurdity
• Bulgarian: абсурд (absurd) — that which is absurd
• Bulgarian: нелепост (nelepost) — that which is absurd
• Danish: absurditet — that which is absurd
• Japanese: 愚鈍 (gudon) — that which is absurd
• Norwegian Bokmål: absurditet — that which is absurd
• Portuguese: absurdo — that which is absurd
• Russian: абсу́рд (absúrd) — that which is absurd
• Russian: неле́пость (nelépostʹ) — that which is absurd
• Spanish: absurdo — that which is absurd