platitude
English
/ˈplatɪtjuːd/, /ˈplætɪt(j)ud/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
- (countable) A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
- (uncountable) Flatness.
- (uncountable) Unoriginality; triteness.
Etymology
Borrowed from French platitude derived from Latin *plattus (flat) derived from Ancient Greek πλᾰτῠ́ς (wide, broad).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πλᾰτῠ́ς
Gloss
wide, broad
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
広
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- platitudeness English
- platitudinarian English
- platitudinous English
- platitudinously English
- platitudinousness English
- platitudise English
- unplatitudinous English
- *plattus Latin
- Plattitüde German
- chiatto Italian
- piatto Italian
- platitude Dutch, Flemish
- plat French
- platitude French
- chato Spanish, Castilian
- plato Spanish, Castilian
- πλατυπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- πλατύς Ancient Greek
- πλᾰτῠ́ς Ancient Greek
- chato Portuguese
- prato Portuguese
- plat Old French
- plat Catalan, Valencian
- pliat Norman
- piat Venetian
- ciàtto Ligurian