inertie

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French inertie.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈnɛr(t)si/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧er‧tie

Noun[edit]

inertie f (plural inerties)

  1. inertia
  2. (figuratively) Lack of dynamism or forcefulness.

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French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin inertia (want of art or skill; inactivity), from iners (inept, slow), itself from in- (not) + ars (art, skill).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

inertie f (usually uncountable, plural inerties)

  1. (physics) inertia
  2. (figuratively) lack of dynamism or forcefulness

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Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: inertie

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