fútil

See also: fùtil

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūtilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfu.til]

Adjective

fútil m or f (masculine and feminine plural fútils)

1. trivial, insignificant

   Synonym: frívol

Further reading

• “fútil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “fútil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fútil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūtilis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.t͡ʃiw/ [ˈfu.t͡ʃiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.til/ [ˈfu.tiɫ]

Adjective

fútil m or f (plural fúteis)

1. futile, useless
2. unimportant, frivolous

   Synonym: frívolo

Derived terms

• futilmente

Related terms

• futilidade

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fūtilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfutil/ [ˈfu.t̪il]
• Rhymes: -util
• Syllabification: fú‧til

Adjective

fútil m or f (masculine and feminine plural fútiles)

1. insignificant, trivial
2. futile

Derived terms

• fútilmente

 

Related terms

• futilidad

 

Further reading

• “fútil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28