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absurde

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Danish

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Adjective

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absurde

  1. plural and definite singular attributive of absurd

French

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Etymology

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

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absurde (plural absurdes)

  1. absurd (contrary to reason or propriety)
    Synonym: insensé
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German

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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

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Etymology

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From absurdus (discordant, incongruous).

Adverb

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absurdē (comparative absurdius, superlative absurdissimē)

  1. inharmoniously
  2. absurdly, irrationally
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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin absurdus (discordant, incongruous).

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absurde m or f

  1. (Jersey) absurd

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Norwegian Bokmål

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absurde

  1. definite singular of absurd
  2. plural of absurd

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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absurde

  1. definite singular of absurd
  2. plural of absurd

Occitan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin absurdus.

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

  1. absurd

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Swedish

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Adjective

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absurde

  1. definite natural masculine singular of absurd

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