English Online Dictionary. What means trivia? What does trivia mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (Canada, UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɪviə
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
trivia (countable and uncountable, plural trivia or trivias)
- Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information; froth.
- These trivia take up too much of the day.
- This trivia takes up too much of the day.
- A quiz game that involves obscure facts.
Usage notes
- Formerly, as a word derived from a Latin plural, trivia required a plural verb, as in the first usage example above. Most modern authorities accept a singular verb, and this may be the preferred usage in the US. The "game" sense is always regarded as a singular noun.
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Etymology 2
Noun
trivia
- plural of trivium
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin trivia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtriʋiɑ/, [ˈt̪riʋiɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iʋiɑ
- Syllabification(key): tri‧vi‧a
Noun
trivia
- trivia
Declension
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Further reading
- “trivia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Latin
Noun
trivia
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of trivium
Adjective
trivia
- inflection of trivius:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
triviā
- ablative feminine singular of trivius
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾibja/ [ˈt̪ɾi.β̞ja]
- Rhymes: -ibja
- Syllabification: tri‧via
Noun
trivia f (plural trivias)
- trivia