levity

== Anglais == === Étymologie === Du latin levitas (« légèreté, frivolité »). === Nom commun === levity \ˈlɛ.vɪ.ti\ (Indénombrable) Légèreté (de manières) ; nonchalance ; manque de sérieux. “Wouldn’t that solve your problem?” His attempt at levity earned him a growl, and Quartermaster First Class Manuel Oreza caught a warning look from the Station commander, a gray-haired warrant officer named Paul English. — (Tom Clancy, Without Remorse, 1993.) (Indénombrable) Instabilité. (Indénombrable) Flottabilité, légèreté. Hydrogen … rises in the air on account of its levity. — (Mary Somerville, On Molecular and Microscopic Science, 1869.) La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter) (Dénombrable) Frivolité ; acte frivole. For though it be something wonderful to tell that any should have hearts so hardened, in the midst of such a calamity, as to rob and steal, yet certain it is that all sorts of villainies, and even levities and debaucheries, were then practiced in the town as openly as ever: I will not say quite as frequently, because the number of people were many ways lessened. — (Daniel Defoe, History of the Plague in London, 1665.) La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter) ==== Synonymes ==== ==== Antonymes ==== gravity === Prononciation === Royaume-Uni (Sud de l'Angleterre) : écouter « levity [Prononciation ?] » Texas (États-Unis) : écouter « levity [Prononciation ?] »