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triv⋅i⋅a
[triv-ee-uh] 
–plural noun
| matters or things that are very unimportant, inconsequential, or nonessential; trifles; trivialities. |
Triv⋅i⋅a
[triv-ee-uh] –noun
| (in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads. |
Origin:
< L, fem. of trivius (adj.), deriv. of trivium place where three roads meet, equiv. to tri- tri- + -vium, deriv. of via way, road
< L, fem. of trivius (adj.), deriv. of trivium place where three roads meet, equiv. to tri- tri- + -vium, deriv. of via way, road
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| triv·i·a 1 (trĭv'ē-ə) pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Insignificant or inessential matters; trifles. [Latin trivia, neuter pl. of trivium, crossroads, gutter (influenced by trivial); see trivium.] |
| triv·i·a 2 (trĭv'ē-ə) n. Plural of trivium. |
| triv·i·um (trĭv'ē-əm) n. pl. triv·i·a (-ē-ə) The lower division of the seven liberal arts in medieval schools, consisting of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. [Medieval Latin, from Latin, crossroads : tri-, tri- + via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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trivia
"trivialities, things of little consequence," 1902, popularized as title of a book by L.P. Smith, from L. trivia, pl. of trivium "place where three roads meet" (see trivial).
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Language Translation for : trivia
Spanish:
trivialidades,
German:
die Bagatellen(pl.),
Japanese:
ささいな事柄
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