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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Trivial \Triv"i*al\, a. [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or
     belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may
     be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three
     roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-)
     + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage.]
     1. Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and
              incapable of labor.                   --De Quincey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling;
        petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The trivial round, the common task.   --Keble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Of or pertaining to the trivium.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Trivial \Triv"i*al\, n.
     One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.]
     --Skelton. Wood.
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  trivial adj. 1. Too simple to bother detailing. 2. Not worth the
     speaker's time. 3. Complex, but solvable by methods so well known that
     anyone not utterly cretinous would have thought of them already. 4.
     Any problem one has already solved (some claim that hackish `trivial'
     usually evaluates to `I've seen it before'). Hackers' notions of
     triviality may be quite at variance with those of non-hackers. See
     nontrivial, uninteresting.
  
     The physicist Richard Feynman, who had the hacker nature to an amazing
     degree (see his essay "Los Alamos From Below" in "Surely You're Joking,
     Mr. Feynman!"), defined `trivial theorem' as "one that has already been
     proved".
  
  

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Trivial \Triv"i*al\, a. [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or
     belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may
     be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three
     roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-)
     + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage.]
     1. Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]
  
     2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
  
              As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and
              incapable of labor.                   --De Quincey.
  
     3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling;
        petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.
  
              The trivial round, the common task.   --Keble.
  
     4. Of or pertaining to the trivium.
  
     Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Trivial \Triv"i*al\, n.
     One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.]
     --Skelton. Wood.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  trivial
       adj 1: (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling
              sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are
              lilliputian compared with those of countries that are
              at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse
              regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details";
              "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts";
              "giving a police officer a free meal may be against
              the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
              [syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little,
               Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty,
               picayune]
       2: obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace
          prose" [syn: banal, commonplace]
       3: of little substance or significance; "a few superficial
          editorial changes"; "only trivial objections" [syn: superficial]
       4: concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a
          trivial mind"
       5: not large enough to consider or notice [syn: insignificant]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  trivial
     Γαλλικά a.
     κοινότοπος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  trivial
     Catalan a.
     (l en trivial)
     French a.
     1 (l en trivial) (gloss: common, easy, obvious)
     2 ordinary, mundane, commonplace
     3 inelegant, unrefined (q: especially of a person's language)
     4 crass, crude, vulgar, obscene (q: words, language, behavior, etc.)
     German a.
     #English (common, easy, obvious)
     Portuguese a.
     (l en trivial)
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt informal) a  simple everyday meal
     Spanish a.
     (l en trivial)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  trivial
     a.
     1 ignorable; of little significance or value.
     2 commonplace, ordinary.
     3 Concerned with or involving trivia.
     4 (lb en taxonomy) Relating to or designating the name of a species;
  specific as opposed to generic.
     5 (lb en mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible
  case.
     6 (lb en mathematics) self-evident.
     7 Pertaining to the trivium.
     8 (lb en philosophy) indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  trivial
     Catalan a.
     (l en trivial)
     French a.
     1 (l en trivial) (gloss: common, easy, obvious)
     2 ordinary, mundane, commonplace
     3 inelegant, unrefined (q: especially of a person's language)
     4 crass, crude, vulgar, obscene (q: words, language, behavior, etc.)
     German a.
     #English (common, easy, obvious)
     Romanian a.
     1 common, ordinary
     2 obscene, indecent
     Swedish a.
     (l en trivial)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  trivial
     Catalan a.
     (l en trivial)
     French a.
     1 (l en trivial) (gloss: common, easy, obvious)
     2 ordinary, mundane, commonplace
     3 inelegant, unrefined (q: especially of a person's language)
     4 crass, crude, vulgar, obscene (q: words, language, behavior, etc.)
     German a.
     #English (common, easy, obvious)
     Spanish a.
     (l en trivial)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  trivial
     Espanja a.
     triviaali
     Ruotsi a.
     triviaali

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  trivial
     Spanska a.
     (tagg kat=matematik språk=es) #Svenska; ''(samma betydelser som i
  svenskan)''
     Tyska a.
     (tagg kat=matematik språk=de) #Svenska; ''(samma betydelser som i
  svenskan)''

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  trivial
     a.
     1 självklar eller allmänt känd, och därför enkel och kanske ytlig
     2 alldaglig, mycket vanligt förekommande, och därför mindre
  intressant eller kanske oviktig
     3 (tagg matematik text=om matematiska bevis) självklar, som inses
  mycket lätt, och därför mindre intressant; exempelvis därför att det mer
  eller mindre direkt följer från antaganden eller välkända fakta
     4 (tagg matematik text=om matematiska objekt) enkel, så enkel som
  möjligt under givna förutsättningar, och därför mindre intressant eller
  kanske oviktig; avser exempelvis variabler med nollvärdet, mängder med
  minst antal element (som är nödvändiga)

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  trivial /tɾˌiːviːˈɑːl/ 
  petty , trifling , trivial , frivolous , picayune  [Am.]
           Note: of a thing
        "die trivialen Dinge des täglichen Lebens"  - the trifling matters of daily life
     Synonyms: belanglos, unbedeutend, bagatellhaft, Bagatell…
  
   see: belanglose Einzelheiten, nicht trivial, über unwichtige Details diskutieren
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  trivial /tɾˌiːviːˈɑːl/ 
  trashy , pulpy 
           Note: book, film
     Synonyms: billig, seicht, letztklassig, Schund…
  
   see: billige Weiber, Schundfilm
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  trivial /tɾˌiːviːˈɑːl/ 
   [math.] obvious 

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  trivial /tʁiˈvi̯aːl/ 
  1. trivial 2.
  ohne weitere Erklärungen und Begriffe verständlich
   3.
  aus dem Verständnis (der Definition) eines Begriffes sofort und ohne weitere Modelle folgend
  2. banal, trivial
  zu simpel, ohne Finesse oder Anspruch

From German-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.5 :   [ freedict:deu-nld ]

  trivial /tɾˌiːviːˈɑːl/
  onbenullig, plat, triviaal, vulgair

From German-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:deu-por ]

  trivial /tɾˌiːviːˈɑːl/
  trivial

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-spa ]

  trivial /tʁiˈvi̯aːl/ 
  trivial 2.
  ohne weitere Erklärungen und Begriffe verständlich
   3.
  aus dem Verständnis (der Definition) eines Begriffes sofort und ohne weitere Modelle folgend
   4.
  zu simpel, ohne Finesse oder Anspruch

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  trivial /tʁiˈvi̯aːl/ 
  trivial 2.
  ohne weitere Erklärungen und Begriffe verständlich
   3.
  aus dem Verständnis (der Definition) eines Begriffes sofort und ohne weitere Modelle folgend
   4.
  zu simpel, ohne Finesse oder Anspruch

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/
  بديهي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  trivial //ˈtɹɪv.i.əl// 
  1. всекидне́вен, обикнове́н
  common, ordinary
  2. незначи́телен, нищо́жен
  of little significance or value

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/ 
  triviální

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/ 
  obyčejný

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/ 
  dibwys 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/
  belanglos, unbedeutend, trivial, bagatellhaft, Bagatell… 
           Note: Sache
        "a trivial loss"  - ein unbedeutender Verlust
        "discuss trivial details"  - über unwichtige Details diskutieren
     Synonyms: petty, trifling, frivolous, picayune
  
   see: trivial details, nontrivial
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/
  oberflächlich, wenig ernsthaft 
           Note: Person
     Synonym: frivolous
  
           Note: of a person

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/
  
  ασήμαντος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  trivial //ˈtɹɪv.i.əl// 
  1. triviaali 2.
  (mathematics) of being the simplest possible case
   3.
  (mathematics) self-evident
  2. tavallinen, yksinkertainen
  common, ordinary
  3. turhanaikainen, tyhjänpäiväinen
  concerned with or involving trivia
  4. mitätön, triviaali
  of little significance or value

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/ 
  1. तुच्छ
        "It is a trivial matter."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/
  beznačajan, elementaran, nevažan, običan, prost, svakidašnji, trivijalan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/
  1. csekély fontosságú
  2. hétköznapias
  3. jelentéktelen
  4. elcsépelt
  5. egyhangú
  6. unalmas

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  trivial //ˈtɹɪv.i.əl// 
  1. 通称
  (biology) relating to, or designating a species
  2. 自明
  (mathematics) self-evident
  3. ありふれた
  common, ordinary
  4. 蛇足
  concerned with or involving trivia
  5. つまらない, 些細, 末梢的, 枝葉
  of little significance or value

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  trivial /ˈtrɪvɪəl/ 
    nie znaczący, banalny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/ 
  trivial

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  trivial //ˈtɹɪv.i.əl// 
  1. trivial, uppenbar
  (mathematics) self-evident
  2. trivial, ordinär, vanlig
  common, ordinary
  3. trivial, enkel
  of little significance or value

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  trivial /tɹˈɪvɪəl/
  1. saçma, abes
  2. cüzi, önemsiz, ehemmiyetsiz. trivial'ity, trivialness  saçmalık, ehemmiyetsizlik. trivially  önemsiz olarak.

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  trivial /tʁi.vjal/ 
  trivial

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  trivial /tʀivjal/ 
  commonplace, course, vulgar

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  trivial /tʁi.vjal/ 
  jokapäiväinen

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  trivial /tʁi.vjal/ 
  triviale, banale

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  trivial /tʁivjˈal/ 
  plebeius

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  trivial /trivjal/
  onbenullig, plat, triviaal, vulgair

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  trivial /tʁi.vjal/ 
  trivial

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  trivial /tʁi.vjal/ 
  trivial

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  trivial /tʁi.vjal/ 
  trivial

From Portuguese-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:por-deu ]

  trivial /trˌiŋʃˈeɪɾæ/
  1. abgedroschen, banal, fade
  2. trivial

From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:por-eng ]

  trivial /trˌiŋʃˈeɪɾæ/
  1. commonplace, dismal, trite
  2. course, vulgar

From português-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:por-fra ]

  trivial /tɹˌiviˈɑl/ 
  trivial

From português-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:por-spa ]

  trivial /tɹˌiviˈɑl/ 
  trivial

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  trivial /tɾiβjˈal/
  trivial

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  trivial /tɾiβjˈal/
  trivial

From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:spa-eng ]

  trivial /tɾiβjˈal/
  commonplace, dismal, trite

From Svenska-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-bul ]

  trivial /trˈiːviːˌal/ 
  тривиален
  trivial

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  trivial /trˈiːviːˌal/ 
  trivial, banal
  trivial

From Svenska-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ell ]

  trivial /trˈiːviːˌal/ 
  ασήμαντος
  trivial

From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:swe-eng ]

  trivial /trˈiːɵmfˌeːra/
  commonplace, course, vulgar

From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-lat ]

  trivial /trˈiːviːˌal/ 
  levis
  trivial

From Svenska-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-pol ]

  trivial /trˈiːviːˌal/ 
  trywialny, pospolity, banalny
  trivial

From Svenska-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-por ]

  trivial /trˈiːviːˌal/ 
  trivial
  trivial

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/tʁiviˈaːl/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtɹɪviəɫ/

From IPA:es_ES :   [ IPA:es_ES ]

  

/tɾiβjal/

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/tɾiβjal/

From IPA:sv :   [ IPA:sv ]

  

/trɪvɪ'ɑːl/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  TRIVIAL. Of small importance. It is a rule in equity that a demurrer will 
  lie to a bill on the ground of the triviality of the matter in dispute, as 
  being below the dignity of the court. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4237. See Hopk. R. 
  112; 4 John. Ch. 183; 4 Paige, 364. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "trivial":
     Mickey, NG, airy, ankle-deep, asinine, base, bickering, captious,
     casual, catchpenny, caviling, cheap, choplogic, cursory, deficient,
     depthless, empty, epidermal, equivocatory, evasive, fatuous, few,
     flimsy, foolish, footling, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy,
     futile, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, hairsplitting, hedging,
     idle, imperfect, inadequate, inane, incompetent, inconsequential,
     inconsiderable, insignificant, insufficient, jejune, junk, junky,
     knee-deep, light, little, logic-chopping, low, maladroit, meager,
     mean, measly, mediocre, miniature, minor, negligible, nit-picking,
     no great shakes, no-account, no-good, not comparable, not deep,
     not in it, not worth having, not worth mentioning, not worthwhile,
     nugacious, nugatory, on the surface, otiose, out of it, paltering,
     petty, picayune, picayunish, pussyfooting, quibbling, shabby,
     shallow, shallow-rooted, shoal, shoddy, shoestring, short,
     shuffling, silly, skin-deep, slender, slight, small, small-beer,
     superficial, surface, thin, tiny, trashy, trichoschistic, trifling,
     trite, unimportant, unprofound, unskillful, vacuous, vain,
     valueless, vapid, windy, worthless
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 琐细的,日常的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 琐细的,日常的,轻微的,平常的

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