name
Meaning 1
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vanity
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvænɪti/
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General-American: /ˈvænəti/
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General-American: [-ɾi]
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CMU ARPABET: V AE1 N AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: V AE1 N IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair, in which the table is normally quite low and similar to a desk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
- It is a vanity to say that if two stones are dropped from a tower, the heavier will experience the greater acceleration.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dressing table, dresser, toilet table
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: table
noun
Meaning 8
the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conceit, conceitedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trait
Narrower terms: self-love, narcism, narcissism, boastfulness, vainglory, egotism, self-importance, swelled head, posturing
noun
Meaning 9
the quality of being valueless or futile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he rejected the vanities of the world
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emptiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worthlessness, ineptitude
noun
Meaning 10
feelings of excessive pride
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amour propre, conceit, self-love
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pride, pridefulness
History
Etymology
From vanity.
From va(i)n + -ity, from Middle English vanite, from Old French vanité, from Latin vānitas, from vānus, whence English vain. Doublet of vanitas.
Across languages
Translations
145 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: kotësi — that which is vain
- Belarusian: ма́рнасць (márnascʹ) — that which is vain
- Central Bikol: kauragan — that which is vain
- Czech: marnost — that which is vain
- Czech: malichernost — that which is vain
- Czech: nicotnost — that which is vain
- Estonian: mõttetus — that which is vain
- Finnish: turhuus — that which is vain
- French: vanité — that which is vain
- Galician: vaidade — that which is vain
- German: Vergänglichkeit — that which is vain
- Ancient Greek: ματαιότης (mataiótēs) — that which is vain
- Hebrew: הֶבֶל (hével) — that which is vain
- Hungarian: hiábavalóság — that which is vain
- Hungarian: haszontalanság — that which is vain
- Irish: díomhaointeas — that which is vain
- Māori: whakatāupetanga — that which is vain
- Polish: marność — that which is vain
- Polish: próżność — that which is vain
- Portuguese: vaidade — that which is vain
- Russian: тще́тность (tščétnostʹ) — that which is vain
- Russian: тщета́ (tščetá) — that which is vain
- Russian: бесполе́зность (bespoléznostʹ) — that which is vain
- Slovak: márnosť — that which is vain
- Slovene: ničevost — that which is vain
- Spanish: vanidad — that which is vain
- Ukrainian: ма́рність (márnistʹ) — that which is vain
- Afrikaans: ydelheid — excessive pride
- Arabic: غُرُور (ḡurūr) — excessive pride
- Armenian: սնափառություն (snapʻaṙutʻyun) — excessive pride
- Armenian: ունայնություն (unaynutʻyun) — excessive pride
- Asturian: vanidá — excessive pride
- Azerbaijani: qürrə — excessive pride
- Azerbaijani: qürur — excessive pride
- Belarusian: славалю́бства (slavaljúbstva) — excessive pride
- Central Bikol: kauragan — excessive pride
- Bulgarian: суета́ (suetá) — excessive pride
- Bulgarian: тщесла́вие (tšteslávie) — excessive pride
- Catalan: vanitat — excessive pride
- Chinese Mandarin: 虛榮心 /虚荣心 (xūróngxīn) — excessive pride
- Chinese Mandarin: 虛榮 /虚荣 (xūróng) — excessive pride
- Czech: marnivost — excessive pride
- Czech: ješitnost — excessive pride
- Czech: domýšlivost — excessive pride
- Czech: samolibost — excessive pride
- Danish: forfængelighed — excessive pride
- Dutch: ijdelheid — excessive pride
- Esperanto: fiero — excessive pride
- Esperanto: vanteco — excessive pride
- Esperanto: memamo — excessive pride
- Estonian: edevus — excessive pride
- Finnish: turhamaisuus — excessive pride
- French: vanité — excessive pride
- Galician: vaidade — excessive pride
- Georgian: ამაოება (amaoeba) — excessive pride
- Georgian: პატივმოყვარეობა (ṗaṭivmoq̇vareoba) — excessive pride
- German: Eitelkeit — excessive pride
- Greek: ματαιοδοξία (mataiodoxía) — excessive pride
- Hebrew: יָהֳרָה \ יוהרה (yohorá) — excessive pride
- Hindi: घमंड (ghamaṇḍ) — excessive pride
- Hindi: ग़ुरूर (ġurūr) — excessive pride
- Hungarian: hiúság — excessive pride
- Hungarian: önteltség — excessive pride
- Indonesian: angkuh — excessive pride
- Irish: uaill — excessive pride
- Italian: vanità — excessive pride
- Japanese: 虚栄心 (kyoeishin) — excessive pride
- Japanese: 虚栄 (kyoei) — excessive pride
- Kazakh: атаққұмарлық (ataqqūmarlyq) — excessive pride
- Khmer: តុច្ចភាព (toccaʼphiəp) — excessive pride
- Khmer: អភិមាន (ʼaʼphimiənĕəʼ) — excessive pride
- Korean: 허영심 (heoyeongsim) — excessive pride
- Korean: 허영 (heoyeong) — excessive pride
- Kyrgyz: менменсингендик (menmensingendik) — excessive pride
- Ladino: envanesyimento — excessive pride
- Ladino: vanidad — excessive pride
- Latin: vānitās — excessive pride
- Latvian: patmīlība — excessive pride
- Latvian: iedomība — excessive pride
- Latvian: augstprātība — excessive pride
- Latvian: uzpūtība — excessive pride
- Lithuanian: tuštybė — excessive pride
- Macedonian: суета (sueta) — excessive pride
- Malay: kesombongan — excessive pride
- Malayalam: പൊങ്ങച്ചം (poṅṅaccaṁ) — excessive pride
- Māori: whakatāupetanga — excessive pride
- Norwegian Bokmål: forfengelighet — excessive pride
- Persian: غُرور (ġorur) — excessive pride
- Persian: عُجْب ('ojb) — excessive pride
- Polish: próżność — excessive pride
- Portuguese: vaidade — excessive pride
- Romanian: vanitate — excessive pride
- Romanian: mândrie — excessive pride
- Romanian: îngâmfare — excessive pride
- Russian: тщесла́вие (tščeslávije) — excessive pride
- Russian: суета́ (sujetá) — excessive pride
- Sardinian: vanidàde — excessive pride
- Scottish Gaelic: uaill — excessive pride
- Scottish Gaelic: dìomhanas — excessive pride
- Scottish Gaelic: faoineas — excessive pride
- Serbo-Croatian: високоумље — excessive pride
- Serbo-Croatian: су̀јета — excessive pride
- Serbo-Croatian: славољубље — excessive pride
- Serbo-Croatian: visokoumlje — excessive pride
- Serbo-Croatian: sùjeta — excessive pride
- Serbo-Croatian: slavoljublje — excessive pride
- Slovak: márnivosť — excessive pride
- Slovak: domýšľavosť — excessive pride
- Slovak: samoľúbosť — excessive pride
- Slovene: domišljavost — excessive pride
- Spanish: vanidad — excessive pride
- Spanish: ínfulas — excessive pride
- Swedish: fåfänga — excessive pride
- Swedish: fåfänglighet — excessive pride
- Tajik: ғурӯр (ġurür) — excessive pride
- Tajik: шӯҳратпарастӣ (šühratparasti) — excessive pride
- Thai: ทิฐิ (tít-tì) — excessive pride
- Thai: มาน (maan) — excessive pride
- Thai: ความหยิ่ง (kwaam-yìng) — excessive pride
- Turkish: gurur — excessive pride
- Ukrainian: марносла́вство (marnoslávstvo) — excessive pride
- Ukrainian: марнолю́бство (marnoljúbstvo) — excessive pride
- Urdu: عُجْب ('ujb) — excessive pride
- Urdu: غُرُور (ġurūr) — excessive pride
- Urdu: گَھمَنْڈ (ghamanḍ) — excessive pride
- Uzbek: shuhratparastlik — excessive pride
- Uzbek: manmanlik — excessive pride
- Uzbek: gʻurur — excessive pride
- Vietnamese: tính hư ảo — excessive pride
- Vietnamese: cái hư ảo — excessive pride
- Welsh: oferedd — excessive pride
- Welsh: gwagedd — excessive pride
- Armenian: ունայնություն (unaynutʻyun) — emptiness
- Czech: jalovost — emptiness
- Estonian: tühisus — emptiness
- Finnish: peilipöytä — emptiness
- Georgian: სიცარიელე (sicariele) — emptiness
- German: Leere — emptiness
- Hungarian: üresség — emptiness
- Polish: próżność — emptiness
- Portuguese: vazio — emptiness
- Portuguese: lavatório — bathroom furniture
- Spanish: lavatorio — bathroom furniture
- Spanish: palanganero — bathroom furniture
- Spanish: zafero — bathroom furniture
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