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Summary

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commonplace:
- cliché; banalité; lieu commun; formule toute faite
- grossier; vulgaire; banal; grossière; trivial; grossièrement
Wiktionary:
- commonplace → lieu commun
- commonplace → banal, ordinaire
- commonplace → trivial, banal

English

Detailed Translations for commonplace from English to French

commonplace:

commonplace [the ~] nomen

the commonplace (cliche; platitude; truism)
le cliché; la banalité; le lieu commun; la formule toute faite
- cliché [le ~] nomen
- banalité [la ~] nomen
- lieu commun [le ~] nomen
- formule toute faite [la ~] nomen

commonplace adj

commonplace (coarse; gross; vulgar; unsavoury; seedy; unsavory)
grossier; vulgaire; banal; grossière; trivial; grossièrement
- grossier adj
- vulgaire adj
- banal adj
- grossière adj
- trivial adj
- grossièrement adj

Translation Matrix for commonplace:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
banalité	cliche; commonplace; platitude; truism	banality; coarseness; commonness; crudeness; dissapointment; let-down; ordinariness; plainness; triteness; triviality; vulgarity
cliché	cliche; commonplace; platitude; truism	stereotypical picture
formule toute faite	cliche; commonplace; platitude; truism
lieu commun	cliche; commonplace; platitude; truism	dissapointment; let-down
-	banality; bromide; cliche; platitude
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	humdrum; prosaic; unglamorous; unglamourous
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
banal	coarse; commonplace; gross; seedy; unsavory; unsavoury; vulgar	acceptable; average; banal; below the belt; coarse; common; crude; current; empty; futile; gross; hollow; idle; infinitesimal; insignificant; little; meaningless; mediocre; minimal; minor; nasty; rotten; scant; shabby; slight; small; trifling; trite; trivial; unimportant; unmannerly; unremarkable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
cliché		stereotyped
grossier	coarse; commonplace; gross; seedy; unsavory; unsavoury; vulgar	abusive; amoral; arrogant; audacious; bad mannered; bald; banal; below the belt; boorish; churlish; coarse; crass; crude; cunning; discourteous; disgraceful; gross; icy; ill-bred; ill-mannered; immoral; impertinent; impolite; improper; impudent; inappropriate; indecent; indelicat; indelicate; indiscrete; insolent; lack of moral; loutish; nasty; oafish; objectionable; obscene; offending; offensive; out of place; outrageous; overbearing; plump; presumptuous; racial; rotten; rude; rustic; sanguine; scandalous; shabby; shameful; shameless; sleek; slippery; slithery; smooth; smoothly; surly; tactless; trite; trivial; uncalled for; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; unseemly; unsuitable; vapid; vulgar
grossière	coarse; commonplace; gross; seedy; unsavory; unsavoury; vulgar	banal; below the belt; coarse; discourteous; gross; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; nasty; oafish; offensive; plump; rotten; rude; shabby; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
grossièrement	coarse; commonplace; gross; seedy; unsavory; unsavoury; vulgar	about; approximately; around; arrogant; banal; below the belt; coarse; discourteous; globular; gross; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; impudent; indecent; insolent; loutish; nasty; oafish; offensive; overbearing; plump; presumptuous; rotten; roughly; round; rude; shabby; shameless; something like; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
trivial	coarse; commonplace; gross; seedy; unsavory; unsavoury; vulgar	abusive; banal; below the belt; coarse; crass; crude; futile; gross; insignificant; meaningless; nasty; rotten; shabby; trifling; trite; trivial; unimportant; unmannerly; unremarkable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
vulgaire	coarse; commonplace; gross; seedy; unsavory; unsavoury; vulgar	abusive; banal; below the belt; bogus; boorish; coarse; crass; crude; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; gross; ill-bred; mean; nasty; not genuine; racial; rotten; rude; shabby; sham; stingy; trite; trivial; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar

Related Words for "commonplace":

commonplaces

Synonyms for "commonplace":

ordinary
humdrum; prosaic; unglamorous; unglamourous; unexciting
banal; hackneyed; old-hat; shopworn; stock; threadbare; timeworn; tired; trite; well-worn; unoriginal
platitude; cliche; banality; bromide; remark; comment; truism

Related Definitions for "commonplace":

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement¹
completely ordinary and unremarkable¹
- air travel has now become commonplace¹
- commonplace everyday activities¹
a trite or obvious remark¹

Wiktionary Translations for commonplace:

commonplace

noun

platitude or cliché
- commonplace → lieu commun

adjective

ordinary
- commonplace → banal; ordinaire

commonplace

adjective

(figuré) Qui se met à la disposition de tout le monde.
- banal → banal; commonplace; everyday; hackneyed

noun

Idée usée, rebattue
- lieu commun → commonplace

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• commonplace	→ trivial	↔ triviaal — gewoon
• commonplace	→ banal	↔ banaal — gewoontjes, saai en voorspelbaar, weinig verheven of de zintuigen prikkelend
• commonplace	→ banal	↔ banal — ohne großen Anspruch

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