futile

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• UK: /ˈfjuː.taɪl/
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• US: /ˈfju.taɪl/
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• US: /ˈfju.təl/
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• US: [ˈfju.ɾəl]
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• homophone: feudal (some US accents)
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• rhymes with -uːtəl (US)
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Borrowed from Middle French futile, from Latin fūtilis.

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَقِيم (ʕaqīm) — incapable of producing results
• Armenian: իզուր (izur) — incapable of producing results
• Armenian: զուր (zur) — incapable of producing results
• Armenian: ապարդյուն (apardyun) — incapable of producing results
• Belarusian: бескары́сны (bjeskarýsny) — incapable of producing results
• Belarusian: дарэ́мны (darémny) — incapable of producing results
• Bulgarian: безполе́зен (bezpolézen) — incapable of producing results
• Bulgarian: напра́зен (naprázen) — incapable of producing results
• Bulgarian: безуспе́шен (bezuspéšen) — incapable of producing results
• Burmese: အချည်းနှီးဖြစ်သေ (a.hkyany:hni:hpracse) — incapable of producing results
• Burmese: အလဟဿဖြစ်သော (a.la.ha.ssa.hpracsau:) — incapable of producing results
• Catalan: fútil — incapable of producing results
• Cherokee: ᎤᏚᎩᏄᏛᎾ (uduginudvna) — incapable of producing results
• Chinese Mandarin: 無用 /无用 (wúyòng) — incapable of producing results
• Chinese Mandarin: 枉然 (wǎngrán) — incapable of producing results
• Chinese Mandarin: 無益 /无益 (wúyì) — incapable of producing results
• Czech: jalový — incapable of producing results
• Danish: nytteløs — incapable of producing results
• Dutch: nutteloos — incapable of producing results
• Dutch: tevergeefs — incapable of producing results
• Estonian: kasutu — incapable of producing results
• Estonian: tulutu — incapable of producing results
• Faroese: nyttuleysur — incapable of producing results
• Finnish: turha — incapable of producing results
• Finnish: tulokseton — incapable of producing results
• Finnish: toivoton — incapable of producing results
• Finnish: katteeton — incapable of producing results
• French: futile — incapable of producing results
• Galician: fútil — incapable of producing results
• Georgian: ფუჭი (puč̣i) — incapable of producing results
• Georgian: ამაო (amao) — incapable of producing results
• German: sinnlos — incapable of producing results
• German: vergeblich — incapable of producing results
• German: nutzlos — incapable of producing results
• German: zwecklos — incapable of producing results
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (halks) — incapable of producing results
• Greek: μάταιος (mátaios) — incapable of producing results
• Ancient Greek: μάταιος (mátaios) — incapable of producing results
• Hebrew: עָקָר ('aqár) — incapable of producing results
• Hindi: फ़ज़ूल (fazūl) — incapable of producing results
• Hindi: अकारथ (akārath) — incapable of producing results
• Ido: vana — incapable of producing results
• Italian: futile — incapable of producing results
• Japanese: 無用 (muyō) — incapable of producing results
• Japanese: 無駄 (muda) — incapable of producing results
• Japanese: 無益 (mueki) — incapable of producing results
• Khmer: អសារ (a’saa) — incapable of producing results
• Northern Kurdish: bêkêr — incapable of producing results
• Northern Kurdish: bêfeyde — incapable of producing results
• Latin: futilis — incapable of producing results
• Latin: cassus — incapable of producing results
• Lithuanian: bergždžias — incapable of producing results
• Malay: sia-sia — incapable of producing results
• Māori: mūhore — incapable of producing results
• Māori: papakore — incapable of producing results
• Māori: huakore — incapable of producing results
• Eastern Mari: арам (aram) — incapable of producing results
• Navajo: chʼééh — incapable of producing results
• Norwegian Bokmål: nytteløs — incapable of producing results
• Norwegian Bokmål: nyttelaus — incapable of producing results
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nyttelaus — incapable of producing results
• Occitan: futil — incapable of producing results
• Persian: عبث — incapable of producing results
• Persian: بی فایده — incapable of producing results
• Persian: پوچ (puč) — incapable of producing results
• Polish: daremny — incapable of producing results
• Polish: bezcelowy — incapable of producing results
• Portuguese: fútil — incapable of producing results
• Russian: бесполе́зный (bespoléznyj) — incapable of producing results
• Russian: тще́тный (tščétnyj) — incapable of producing results
• Russian: беспло́дный (besplódnyj) — incapable of producing results
• Russian: напра́сный (naprásnyj) — incapable of producing results
• Scottish Gaelic: dìomhain — incapable of producing results
• Scottish Gaelic: faoin — incapable of producing results
• Slovak: márny — incapable of producing results
• Slovak: zbytočný — incapable of producing results
• Slovak: nepatrný — incapable of producing results
• Spanish: fútil — incapable of producing results
• Swedish: meningslös — incapable of producing results
• Swedish: lönlös — incapable of producing results
• Swedish: fåfäng — incapable of producing results
• Thai: เปล่าประโยชน์ — incapable of producing results
• Turkish: beyhude — incapable of producing results
• Turkish: boş — incapable of producing results
• Turkish: nafile — incapable of producing results
• Ukrainian: некори́сний (nekorýsnyj) — incapable of producing results
• Ukrainian: даре́мний (darémnyj) — incapable of producing results
• Vietnamese: vô dụng — incapable of producing results
• Vietnamese: vô ích — incapable of producing results