nontrivial
Meaningnot of the crossroads; not commonplace
Common meaning: not easy or obvious
Other meanings: significant
- nonnot
- trithree
- via road, pathLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1984 · scan
- aladjective ending: relating to
‘not’ + ‘three’ + ‘a road, path’ → nontrivial
Journey through time
- Latinvia, -ae‘a road, path’
- Frenchtrivial
- Englishnontrivial‘not easy or obvious’ · today
non- also in: nonverbalnonchalantnonphysicalnonresidentnonverbally
tri- also in: tripodtridenttrigramtrivialtricycle
vi also in: vianontrivially
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin via ‘a road, path’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry via, p. 1984 · dictionary scan
Roots
- via, -ae Latin “a road, path”
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