quotidian
A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergyA daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.
» The film's ending was too quotidian.
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3 senses(historical)A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.
суточная но́рма рационаsutočnaja nórma raciona, суточное дово́льствиеsutočnoje dovólʹstvije
(usually, with definite article)Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class.
Alltag
бана́льностьbanálʹnostʹ, избитостьizbitostʹ, неоригинальностьneoriginalʹnostʹ
(archaic, historical)A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.
tägliches Fieber
маляри́я с ежедневными приступамиmaljaríja s ježednevnymi pristupami
Examples
2 sentencesThe film's ending was too quotidian.
Quotidian life bores me.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source,From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb cottīdiē, quōtīdiē (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of diēs (“day”).
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Forms
plural: quotidians| Singular | quotidian |
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