adjective · rare

banal

ban·al

banal · more banal · most banal

звичайний, банальний

обыкновенный, банальный, избитый

banal

Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictableCommon in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

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/bəˈnɑːl/

» The movie's ending was too banal.

Конец фильма был слишком банальным.

Концовка фильма была слишком банальной.

Кінцівка фільму була надто банальною.

Meaning

2 senses

Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
banal clichés
banal conversation
banal
бана́льныйbanálʹnyj, изби́тыйizbítyj, обыкнове́нныйobyknovénnyj
бана́льнийbanálʹnyj, звича́йнийzvyčájnyj
(historical, uncommon)Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.

More definitions

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Examples

16 sentences

The movie's ending was too banal.
Кінцівка фільму була надто банальною.
ruКонец фильма был слишком банальным.
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He asked banal questions.
Він ставив банальні запитання.
ruОн задавал банальные вопросы.
deEr stellte banale Fragen.
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He was asking banal questions.
Він ставив банальні запитання.
ruОн задавал банальные вопросы.
deEr stellte banale Fragen.
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Nobody likes to read banal, repetitive, boring, and uninteresting sentences.
Ніхто не любить читати банальні, одноманітні, нудні й нецікаві речення.
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I don't need your banal platitudes.
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Translations

9 languages

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Origin

Borrowed from French banal (“held in common, relating to feudal service, by extension comm

Borrowed from French banal (“held in common, relating to feudal service, by extension commonplace”), from Old French banel, related to Medieval Latin bannālis (“subject to feudal authority”), from Latin bannus (“jurisdiction”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, summon, forbid”). Equivalent to ban + -al. See also ban, abandon.

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