nonsensical

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English nonsense Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English nonsensical From nonsense + -ical.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: անիմաստ (animast) — without sense
• Central Bikol: daing hawong — without sense
• Bulgarian: глупав (glupav) — without sense
• Bulgarian: безсмислен (bezsmislen) — without sense
• Czech: nesmyslný — without sense
• Danish: absurd — without sense
• Dutch: betekenisloos — without sense
• Dutch: zinloos — without sense
• Dutch: onzinnig — without sense
• Esperanto: sensenca — without sense
• Finnish: järjetön — without sense
• Finnish: tolkuton — without sense
• Finnish: mieletön — without sense
• Finnish: järjenvastainen — without sense
• French: absurde — without sense
• French: sans queue ni tête — without sense
• Galician: absurdo — without sense
• German: sinnwidrig — without sense
• German: unsinnig — without sense
• German: widersinnig — without sense
• Hebrew: שטותי (shtutí) — without sense
• Hebrew: אבסורדי (absúrdi) — without sense
• Hungarian: képtelen — without sense
• Hungarian: abszurd — without sense
• Hungarian: nonszensz — without sense
• Hungarian: értelmetlen — without sense
• Japanese: 意味不明な (imifumeina) — without sense
• Latin: nūgax — without sense
• Manx: meecheeallagh — without sense
• Māori: nenekara — without sense
• Plautdietsch: onsennich — without sense
• Polish: nonsensowny — without sense
• Polish: bezsensowny — without sense
• Russian: бессмы́сленный (bessmýslennyj) — without sense
• Russian: неле́пый (nelépyj) — without sense
• Spanish: estólido — without sense
• Swedish: meningslös — without sense
• Thai: ไร้สาระ (rái-sǎa-rá) — without sense
• Turkish: saçma — without sense
• Turkish: saçma sapan — without sense
• Turkish: abes — without sense
• Turkish: abuk sabuk — without sense
• Turkish: abidik gubidik — without sense
• Turkish: absürt — without sense
• Yiddish: אומזיניק (umzinik) — without sense