absurde

Danish

Adjective

absurde

1. plural and definite singular attributive of absurd

French

Etymology

From Middle French absurde (16th c.), relatinized form of older absourde, from Old French absorde (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin absurdus (“discordant, incongruous”).

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