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trivia

/ˈtɹɪvi.ə/

trivia noun: insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information. Also the plural of trivium.

Noun

trivia (countable and uncountable, plural trivia or trivias)

  1. Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information.
    • These trivia take up too much of the day.
    • This trivia takes up too much of the day.
    Synonyms:
    froth
  2. A quiz game that involves obscure facts.
    • I joined the trivia club this semester!

Proper noun capitalized: Trivia

Trivia

  1. (Roman) An aspect of the Roman goddess Diana, pertaining to her role as guardian of trivia (crossroads or forks where three roads meet); used as an epithet.

Also used as

trivia is also the plural of trivium.

trivia meaning in Vietnamese

trivia in Vietnamese

insignificant trifles of little importance
thông tin bên lề

Examples of trivia in a sentence

  • Once again, he's blegging for more esoteric trivia.
  • The winner of our trivia game here tonight will receive a prize of a million dollars. Just kidding! It's a fifty-dollar gift card.
  • Apparently the cats were likewised enamored of the camels as we can note a bit of trivia.

All 19 example sentences with trivia

Synonyms of trivia

Forms of trivia

pluraltrivia
pluraltrivias

Plural of trivia: trivia or trivias

Origin of trivia

PIE word *tréyes Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- Proto-Italic *wiā Latin via Latin -ius Latin trivius Latin trivia English trivia From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.

See trivia.

Words formed from trivia

Words that rhyme with trivia

Questions about trivia

What does trivia mean?
Trivia means insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information.
What is trivia in Vietnamese?
Trivia in Vietnamese is thông tin bên lề. See Trivia meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is trivia?
Trivia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce trivia?
Trivia is pronounced /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of trivia?
The plural of trivia is trivia.

Words near trivia in the dictionary

  1. trivets
  2. Trivett
  3. Trivette
  4. Trivettes
  5. Trivetts
  6. trivia
  7. triviaholic
  8. triviaholics
  9. trivial
  10. trivial absolute value
  11. trivial absolute values

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