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inane

  • \i.nan\

Where it comes from

Du latin inanis (« vide, vain, inutile »).

adjective inanes

  1. rare Vain ; inutile. Telles sont, brièvement citées, les impitoyables poses que cet iconoclaste assigne à l’être que d’inanes galanteries encensent.

noun inanes

  1. rare Inanité. Atteste l’inane d’Œuvrer ! Dis-en l’amer et le stupide : Cueille ta bouche, Aganippide ! Et la jette à l’Oubli sacré.

In English

  • inane lacking sense or meaning

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MLA

"inane." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/inane. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

inane. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/inane

Chicago

"inane." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/inane.

BibTeX
@misc{inane_2026,
  title = {inane},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/inane},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}