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What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.
Wendell Phillips

Meaning of "trite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TRITE

From Latin trītus worn down, from terere to rub.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TRITE

trite  [traɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Trite is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TRITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

trite

Trite

Trite is a spider genus of the Salticidae family. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reaching Rapa.

Definition of trite in the English dictionary

The definition of trite in the dictionary is hackneyed; dull. Other definition of trite is frayed or worn out.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRITE


alright
ɔːlˈraɪt
bright
braɪt
cartwright
ˈkɑːtˌraɪt
copyright
ˈkɒpɪˌraɪt
downright
ˈdaʊnˌraɪt
far-right
ˌfɑːˈraɪt
ferrite
ˈfɛraɪt
fright
fraɪt
meteorite
ˈmiːtɪəˌraɪt
outright
ˈaʊtˌraɪt
overwrite
ˌəʊvəˈraɪt
playwright
ˈpleɪˌraɪt
rewrite
riːˈraɪt
right
raɪt
rite
raɪt
sprite
spraɪt
upright
ˈʌpˌraɪt
wainwright
ˈweɪnˌraɪt
wright
raɪt
write
raɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRITE

tritagonist
tritanopia
tritanopic
tritely
triteness
triternate
tritheism
tritheist
tritheistic
tritheistical
trithing
trithionate
trithionic acid
tritiate
tritiation
tritical
triticale
tritically
triticalness
triticeous

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRITE

alexandrite
anhydrite
chalcopyrite
diorite
favourite
fluorite
hypochlorite
hypocrite
labradorite
laterite
marguerite
neurite
nitrite
norite
pyrite
sodium nitrite
sphalerite
sybarite
underwrite
unfavorite

Synonyms and antonyms of trite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TRITE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «trite» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of trite

Translation of «trite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRITE

Find out the translation of trite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of trite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

陈腐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trillada
570 millions of speakers

English

trite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

trite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مبتذلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

банально
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মামুলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

banal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Trite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

banal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

陳腐な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

진부한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Trite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tầm thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாமானிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

त्रासदायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

basmakalıp
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

banale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

banalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

банально
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

banal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινότοπο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alledaags
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

banal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

banal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRITE»

The term «trite» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.934 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of trite
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «trite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «trite» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trite

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10 QUOTES WITH «TRITE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word trite.
1
Vince Cable
I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views.
2
Joanna Cassidy
I don't mean to be trite about abortion, but I do feel it's a woman's body, and I don't think anyone should take away her choice of having or not having a child.
3
Rebecca Hall
It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.
4
Jan Karon
There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.
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Peter Krause
It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate.
6
Nigella Lawson
It sounds like something on a very trite T-shirt, but life is what happens.
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Robert E. Lee
The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
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Patrick Marber
The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it happened. It is emotionally true, but the events, the plotting, the narrative, isn't true of my life, though I've experienced most of the emotions experienced by the characters in the play.
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Wendell Phillips
What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.
10
Warren Rudman
This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in place, but I am a realist.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRITE»

Discover the use of trite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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De Proportionibus
Tetracorda vero, ut hypate hypaton ad hypate meson, et hypate meson ad mesen . Mobiles vera sunt, que secundum singula genera permutantur hoc modo, ut paranete, et lychanos diatonici, et chromatid, et enarmonii, trite vero, et parhypate  ...
Johannes Ciconia, Oliver B. Ellsworth, 1993
2
Sell & Re-Sell Your Photos
In free moments, even days before you actually perform your assignment (circus, annual report, political convention, and so on), visualize the hundreds of picture- taking possibilities that will probably come up. Eliminate the trite, the corny, and ...
Rohn Engh, 2003
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The Musical Times
cen - do. bro ken and con - trite heart, a bro ken and con - trite heart, O -do. ! •- ; = i- m -o ' bro - ken and con - trite heart, a bro - ken and con - trite heart, O era - cen - - - do. .... - • m bro - ken and con - trite heart, a bro - ken and con -trite heart, ...
‎1899
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Greek Musical Writings: Volume 2, Harmonic and Acoustic Theory
From hypate to mese is a syllaba, from mese to neate is a di' oxeian, from neate to trite is a syllaba, and from trite to hypate is a dp oxeian. The interval between trite and mese is epogdoic, the 253 syllaba is epitritic, the dp oxeian hemiolic, and ...
Andrew Barker, 2004
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
If the settlement of the claims of said trite, submitted to said commission (and the accounting) is satisfactory to said trite, the amount found due shall te placed to the credit of the members of said trite, according to the terms of this agreement, ...
United States. Office of Indian Affairs, 1903
6
Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members
... poli,hed furrow, & ,trite very dictinct, j well poliched, ,trite not deep, well poliched, ,trite not deep, well poliched, ,trite not deep, well poli,hed, furrowc dictinct & parallel, ( ,trite dintinf.t, and deep tro8h-like ) much poli,hed, well poli, hed, ,trite fine, ...
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1867
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The New American Handbook of Letter Writing: Second Edition
Trite: Allow me to express our appreciation for your excellent suggestions. Preferred: Thank you for your excellent suggestions. Trite: We are below the estimate at the present writing. Preferred: We are below the estimate now. Trite: Please ...
Mary A. De Vries, 2000
8
The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; ...
Chap, xxil according to their. 208 Forty eight cities given the trite of Gad, and Ciolan in out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojoumeth among them, that whosoever ...
‎1809
9
A General History Of The Science and Practice Of Music: In ...
S f* Trite diez. e Paranete diez. e Nete diezeug. e Paramese Q Mese Lich. meson Parhyp. meson Hypat. mes. Lich. meson Trite diezeug. Parhyp. hyp g f* Paramese rt 3 Mese Lich. mesofi Parhyp. mes. Hyp. meson Lich. hyp. Paranete diez ...
John Hawkins, 1776
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A Course in Electrical Engineering
Trfeiirik as aiaomiKnB noi pro- tftnrcip trite Kflmafl wrfeagff n&ro^ as -ML Tite awciswianHCt ilifii mams* itrauaamp "jiiif nzri. as — JL|! T!te rescinaniB anagnifOKiinHttnTt fiaroe » Fr wftncftv all icicrT |pwweTp-focnoir. 5? !rite scjnBSErp coon of ...
Chester L. Dawes, S. B., 1922

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Negative recruiting is a tried, true and trite tactic
Recruiting in college athletics can be part science and part art, part benevolence and part snake oil sales. It can be partly heartwarming and particularly ... «Greenville News, Jul 15»
2
The apology for killing Melanie Miles would be trite and hollow
Sam Bailey's defence team say his apology for killing Melanie Miles will sound trite and hollow. They are right. You could try to make a defence case for a young ... «Bristol Post, Jul 15»
3
Email signatures can be inspirational, hokey or trite
The oldsters among you remember Carol Burnett, the great TV comic. Just as memorable as the razor-sharp sketches and crackerjack cast on her show was her ... «The Virginian-Pilot, May 15»
4
Michelle Obama's grievances trite, wearisome
First lady Michelle Obama gives a thumbs up before delivering the commencement address at Tuskegee University in early May. A reader defends the first lady ... «mySanAntonio.com, May 15»
5
Born Naughty? and The Game review by CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
Born Naughty? was revealed as trite and superficial TV, insulting to any parent who is struggling with their child's incomprehensible anorexia or other illness. «Daily Mail, May 15»
6
Gene Weingarten has the trite stuff
I n addition to nitpicking my column to death every week, Tom the Butcher also does freelance editing, so he sees a lot of manuscripts. Some of them are from ... «Washington Post, May 15»
7
Labour is in deep crisis – and trite guff won't save it
South Bank, Middlesbrough. 'Even Tony Blair managed only 35.2% of the popular vote in 2005 – and one only need visit any number of supposed Labour ... «The Guardian, May 15»
8
John Doyle: Orphan Black veers from terrific to trite and back
At times it's trite, more devoted to surprising twists and turns than to sociological importance and psychological depth. Mainly, one suspects that is why the series ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»
9
Nicholas Sparks' 'Longest Ride' a tired, trite one, too
Nicholas Sparks' 'Longest Ride' a tired, trite one, too. Facebook. 0 · Twitter. 200 · Google+ · LinkedIn. 200. Email; Print; Comments. 0. hello. Article to: (required) «Chicago Daily Herald, Apr 15»
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Paintings by Theodora Allen trippy but not trite
Theodora Allen paints in thin layers of oil, wiping away each addition before applying the next. The images that result are more visions than views. They have ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»

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