trivia

== English == === Etymology === From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial. === Pronunciation === (Canada, UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/ Rhymes: -ɪviə === Noun === trivia (countable and uncountable, plural trivia or trivias) Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information; froth. These trivia take up too much of the day. This trivia takes up too much of the day. A quiz game that involves obscure facts. ==== Usage notes ==== Formerly, as a word derived from a Latin plural, trivia required a plural verb, as in the first usage example above. Most modern authorities accept a singular verb, and this may be the preferred usage in the US. The "game" sense is always regarded as a singular noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === trivia plural of trivium == Finnish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin trivia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtriʋiɑ/, [ˈt̪riʋiɑ̝] Rhymes: -iʋiɑ Syllabification(key): tri‧vi‧a Hyphenation(key): tri‧via === Noun === trivia trivia ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “trivia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Latin == === Etymology === The noun is a feminine substantive from trivius (“having three approaches”), from tri- (“three”) +‎ via (“road; way”). === Pronunciation 1 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ.wi.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.vi.a] ==== Adjective ==== trivia inflection of trivius: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural ==== Noun ==== trivia f (genitive triviae or triviāī, masculine trivius); first declension (Classical Latin) goddess worshipped at a place where three ways meet ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Related terms ===== ==== Noun ==== trivia n nominative/accusative/vocative plural of trivium === Pronunciation 2 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ.wi.aː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.vi.a] ==== Adjective ==== triviā ablative feminine singular of trivius ==== Noun ==== triviā f ablative feminine singular of trivia === References === “trivia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “trivia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. trivia in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɾibja/ [ˈt̪ɾi.β̞ja] Rhymes: -ibja Syllabification: tri‧via === Noun === trivia f (plural trivias) trivia