name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈtɹɪvi.ə/
rhymes with -ɪviə
Canada, UK, US:/ˈtɹɪvi.ə/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
An aspect of the Roman goddess Diana, pertaining to her role as guardian of trivia (crossroads or forks where three roads meet); used as an epithet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
PIE word *tréyes Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh1- Proto-Italic *wiā Latin via Latin -ius Latin trivius Latin trivia English trivia From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
冷知識 /冷知识
(lěngzhīshí, lěngzhīshì)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Chinese Mandarin:
豆知識 /豆知识
(dòuzhīshí)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Dutch:
trivia
— insignificant trifles of little importance
French:
bagatelles
— insignificant trifles of little importance
French:
fadaises
— insignificant trifles of little importance
German:
Trivia
— insignificant trifles of little importance
German:
Varia
— insignificant trifles of little importance
German:
Nichtigkeiten
— insignificant trifles of little importance
German:
Kleinigkeiten
— insignificant trifles of little importance
German:
Minuzien
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Hungarian:
érdekesség
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Japanese:
豆知識
(mamechishiki)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Kazakh:
мелочи
(meloçi)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Korean:
잡학
(japhak)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Kyrgyz:
мелочи
(meloci)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Latvian:
nieki
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Latvian:
sīkumi
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Māori:
kūrapa
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Māori:
kāmuimui
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Polish:
ciekawostka
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Portuguese:
curiosidade
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Russian:
ме́лочи
(méloči)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Russian:
пустяки́
(pustjakí)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Spanish:
trivia
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Swedish:
bagateller
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Swedish:
småsaker
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Swedish:
struntsaker
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Turkish:
ıvır zıvır
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Ukrainian:
дрібни́ці
(dribnýci)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Ukrainian:
ціка́винки
(cikávynky)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Vietnamese:
thông tin bên lề
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Yiddish:
טריוויע
(trivye)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
Yiddish:
נישטיקייטן
(nishtikeytn)
— insignificant trifles of little importance
