platitude

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈplatɪˌtjuːd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈplatɪˌtʃuːd/
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• General-American: /ˈplætɪˌt(j)ud/
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• Scotland: /ˈplatɪˌtjʉd/
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• Scotland: /ˈplatɪˌtʃʉd/
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• Australian: /ˈplætɪˌtʃʉːd/
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• rhymes with -ætɪtjuːd
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Borrowed from French platitude, from plat (“flat”).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ծեծված արտահայտություն (cecvac artahaytutʻyun) — often-quoted saying
• Bulgarian: изтъркана фраза (iztǎrkana fraza) — often-quoted saying
• Catalan: vacuïtat — often-quoted saying
• Chinese Mandarin: 老生常談 /老生常谈 (lǎoshēngchángtán) — often-quoted saying
• Chinese Mandarin: 陳詞濫調 /陈词滥调 (chéncílàndiào) — often-quoted saying
• Czech: klišé — often-quoted saying
• Dutch: platitude — often-quoted saying
• Dutch: cliché — often-quoted saying
• Esperanto: kliŝo — often-quoted saying
• Esperanto: banalaĵo — often-quoted saying
• Finnish: klisee — often-quoted saying
• Finnish: latteus — often-quoted saying
• French: platitude — often-quoted saying
• Galician: tópico — often-quoted saying
• German: Plattitüde — often-quoted saying
• German: Gemeinplatz — often-quoted saying
• German: Klischee — often-quoted saying
• German: Floskel — often-quoted saying
• Greek: κοινοτυπία (koinotypía) — often-quoted saying
• Hungarian: közhely — often-quoted saying
• Hungarian: frázis — often-quoted saying
• Hungarian: klisé — often-quoted saying
• Hungarian: szólam — often-quoted saying
• Icelandic: gömul tugga — often-quoted saying
• Icelandic: margþvæld tugga — often-quoted saying
• Icelandic: innantómur frasi — often-quoted saying
• Italian: luogo comune — often-quoted saying
• Japanese: 陳腐な言葉 (chinpu na kotoba) — often-quoted saying
• Japanese: 在り来りの発言 (arikitari no hatsugen) — often-quoted saying
• Macedonian: флоскула (floskula) — often-quoted saying
• Māori: (kupu) rārahu — often-quoted saying
• Norwegian Bokmål: platthet — often-quoted saying
• Norwegian Bokmål: alminnenlighet — often-quoted saying
• Persian: حرف کلیشهای (harf-e keliše-y) — often-quoted saying
• Portuguese: platitude — often-quoted saying
• Portuguese: clichê — often-quoted saying
• Portuguese: chavão — often-quoted saying
• Portuguese: lugar-comum — often-quoted saying
• Russian: изби́тая фра́за (izbítaja fráza) — often-quoted saying
• Spanish: tópico — often-quoted saying
• Spanish: lugar común — often-quoted saying
• Spanish: platitud — often-quoted saying
• Swedish: plattityd — often-quoted saying
• Swedish: floskel — often-quoted saying
• Armenian: տափակություն (tapʻakutʻyun) — unoriginality; triteness
• Bulgarian: баналност (banalnost) — unoriginality; triteness
• Chinese Mandarin: 陳腐 /陈腐 (chénfǔ) — unoriginality; triteness
• Chinese Mandarin: 乏味 (fáwèi) — unoriginality; triteness
• Czech: banalita — unoriginality; triteness
• Dutch: platitude — unoriginality; triteness
• Dutch: cliché — unoriginality; triteness
• Esperanto: banaleco — unoriginality; triteness
• Finnish: latteus — unoriginality; triteness
• German: Plattitüde — unoriginality; triteness
• German: Binsenweisheit — unoriginality; triteness
• German: Banalität — unoriginality; triteness
• German: Plattheit — unoriginality; triteness
• German: Flachheit — unoriginality; triteness
• German: Floskel — unoriginality; triteness
• German: Binse — unoriginality; triteness
• German: Binsenwahrheit — unoriginality; triteness
• German: Abgedroschenheit — unoriginality; triteness
• Greek: κοινοτυπία (koinotypía) — unoriginality; triteness
• Hungarian: banalitás — unoriginality; triteness
• Hungarian: laposság — unoriginality; triteness
• Hungarian: elkoptatottság — unoriginality; triteness
• Italian: banalità — unoriginality; triteness
• Portuguese: platitude — unoriginality; triteness
• Portuguese: banalidade — unoriginality; triteness
• Russian: бана́льность (banálʹnostʹ) — unoriginality; triteness
• Russian: трюи́зм (trjuízm) — unoriginality; triteness
• Spanish: platitud — unoriginality; triteness
• Swedish: plattityd — unoriginality; triteness
• Swedish: banalitet — unoriginality; triteness