absurde

Danish

Adjective

absurde

1. plural and definite singular attributive of absurd

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin absurdus (“discordant, incongruous”). Compare the inherited sourd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.syʁd/

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• Rhymes: -yʁd
• Homophone: absurdes

Adjective

absurde (plural absurdes)

1. absurd (contrary to reason or propriety)

   Synonym: insensé

Related terms

• absurdement
• absurdité
• sourd

Further reading

• “absurde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

absurde

1. inflection of absurd:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Etymology

From absurdus (“discordant, incongruous”).

Adverb

absurdē (comparative absurdius, superlative absurdissimē)

1. inharmoniously
2. absurdly, irrationally

Related terms

• absurdus

References

• “absurde”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “absurde”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• absurde in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absurdus (“discordant, incongruous”).

Adjective

absurde m or f

1. (Jersey) absurd

Derived terms

• absurdément (“absurdly”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈsʉɖə/, /abˈsʉʁdə/, /apˈsʉɖə/, /apˈsʉʁdə/

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• Rhymes: -ʉɖə, -ʉʁdə, -ʉrdə
• Hyphenation: ab‧sur‧de

Adjective

absurde

1. definite singular of absurd
2. plural of absurd

Anagrams

• abduser, barduse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

absurde

1. definite singular of absurd
2. plural of absurd

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absurdus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

absurde m (feminine singular absurda, masculine plural absurdes, feminine plural absurdas)

1. absurd

Derived terms

• absurdament
• absurditat

Swedish

Adjective

absurde

1. definite natural masculine singular of absurd

Anagrams

• berusad, brusade