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mundane

Syllables: mun·dane/mʌnˈdeɪn/[mʌnˈdeɪn]

mundane adjective: worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.

Adjective

mundane (comparative mundaner, superlative mundanest)

  1. Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
    Antonyms:
    heavenly, arcane
  2. Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
    • Amongst mundane bodies, six there are that do perpetually move, and they are the six Planets; of the rest, that is, of the Earth, Sun, and fixed Stars, it is disputable which of them moveth, and which stands still.1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2)
  3. Ordinary; not new; part of the mainstream culture.
    • THE LIVERPOOL PARTY at Pat and Frank Milnes’ celebrated both the Gunpowder Plot and the Liverpool Club’s 400th and something meeting. Two mundane and non-fan friends of the hosts - women, too - played brag all night and Norman Weedall disappeared at 3 a.m.1959 December 1, Ron Bennett, Skyrack, number 10
  4. Tedious; repetitive and boring.
  5. Non-magical; without supernatural powers or properties.
    • The classic magical potion has been overshadowed by a number of mundane items, but still has its purposes as a quick one time consumable item.2014, C.N. Constantin, Jason Cable Hall, Dark Revelations - Book of Magic, Chris Constantin, →ISBN, Magical Items of Dark Revelations, page 311
    • Using magical water and magical plaster resulted in a magically saturated plaster that automatically cured at a rate comparable to mundane water and mundane plaster.2022, Kaleb "NorskDaedalus" England, “The Time of Our Limes” (chapter 17), in The Way Ahead, Podium Publishing, →ISBN

Noun

mundane (plural mundanes)

  1. An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
    • The Demon Barber and I played Shock the Mundanes. The door would open up and we would start a sentence in mid-imaginary conversation, like—‘Of course, they never found the body.’1989 Spring, Lawrence Person, “Fear and Loathing in New Orleans: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of American Fandom”, in Nova Express, volume 2, number 3 (whole number #7), page 10
    • Some people just think your ^([sic]) a sicko or something for enjoying the art. I know that alot ^([sic]) of the time, I would rather see some nice nude furrygirls instead of pictures of nude mundanes.1996, Angel of Death, “furries vs. mundanes”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet)
  3. (derogatory) A person who is not a Satanist.
  4. (slang) The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
    • Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in the mundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture.1966 November, Lee Hoffman, “Our Authors”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 4, page 35
  5. A person with no magical or supernatural powers or properties.
    • The mundane world is the world you know. It is the world from which, new Nephilim, you have come, and its people, the mundanes, are the people you knew and the people you yourself were, until recently when you were changed.2013, Joshua Lewis, The Shadowhunter's Codex, Margaret K. McElderry Books, →ISBN, Bestiaire Part III: Angels and Men (section V), page 124
    • “Well, I can't help but wonder: are we wizards fighting like mundanes, or mundanes who happen to have a few wizard tools to call on?” asked Dusty.2015, Vincent Trigili, chapter 14, in Rise of Shadows, Lulu.com, →ISBN

mundane meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

mundane in Tamil

இம்மை பற்றிய, உலகஞ்சார்ந்த, சாதாரணமான, பழகி அலுத்துப்போன அதே

mundane in Urdu

دنیاوی, معمولی, مجازی

mundane in Malayalam

mundane; unexceptional
സാധാരണ sādhāraṇa

mundane in Kannada

ಎಂದಿನ, ಯಾವಾಗಿನ, ಐಹಿಕ, ಲೌಕಿಕ, ಸಾಂಸಾರಿಕ, ಶುಷ್ಕ
More languagesFewer languages
mundane in Assamese
উখৰা ukhora
mundane in Arabic
دُنْيَوِيّ dunyawiyy, عَادِيّ ʕādiyy, مُمِلّ mumill, مُضْجِر muḍjir
mundane in Persian
دنیوی donyavi
mundane in Vietnamese
bình thường

Examples of mundane in a sentence

  • The number of types of mana changes as men and fae explore the limits of mundane stuff and magic, getting smaller or larger as the theories change.2024, Rusty Reece, The Warrior & The Dragon, iUniverse, →ISBN:
  • "To the mundanes, everyone at this con is a freak, but we're pariahs even to the other freaks."2010, Antonia Levi, “Introduction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual...
  • “The rest of the complex on the coast is for the mundanes.” “Mundanes?”, queried Peter.2023, Michael Robert von Blucher-Altona, “Landings” (chapter 17), in Forkbraid: The Price of Peace, Michael Robert von Blucher-Altona...

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Synonyms of mundane

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Antonyms

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Forms of mundane

Adjective
comparativemundaner
superlativemundanest
Noun
pluralmundanes

Origin of mundane

From Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundānus, from Latin mundus (“world”). Compare Danish mondæn. (ordinary): Compare typologically Russian несусве́тный (nesusvétnyj) (<~ не- (ne-) + (rare) сусве́тный (susvétnyj) < свет (svet)).

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Questions about mundane

What does mundane mean?
Mundane means worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
What is mundane in Tamil?
Mundane in Tamil is இம்மை பற்றிய, உலகஞ்சார்ந்த, சாதாரணமான. See Mundane meaning in Tamil.
How do you use mundane in a sentence?
The number of types of mana changes as men and fae explore the limits of mundane stuff and magic, getting smaller or larger as the theories change.
What part of speech is mundane?
Mundane can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce mundane?
Mundane is pronounced /mʌnˈdeɪn/.

Words near mundane in the dictionary

  1. Muncy
  2. Muncys
  3. mund
  4. Munda
  5. mundan
  6. mundane
  7. mundanely
  8. mundaneness
  9. mundanenesses
  10. mundaner
  11. mundanes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mundane (page history and authors); mundane (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mundane (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); സാധാരണ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); mundane (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); উখৰা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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