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futile
English
Etymology
From Middle French futile, from Latin f?tilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fju?.ta?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fju.ta?.?l/, /?fju.t?l/
- Rhymes: -u?t?l (US)
Adjective
futile (comparative more futile, superlative most futile)
- Incapable of producing results; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
Synonyms
- useless, see also Thesaurus:futile
Antonyms
- effectual
- effective
- fruitful
Related terms
- futility
- futilitarian
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin f?tilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.til/
- Rhymes: -il
Adjective
futile (plural futiles)
- futile
Related terms
- futilité
Further reading
- “futile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin f?tilis (“futile, worthless”, literally “that easily pours out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fu.ti.le/
- Rhymes: -utile
- Hyphenation: fù?ti?le
Adjective
futile (plural futili)
- futile, frivolous, worthless
Derived terms
- futilmente
Related terms
- futilità
Anagrams
- fluite
References
- futile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- futtile
Adverb
f?tile (not comparable)
- in vain
Synonyms
- frustr?
- in cassum
Etymology 2
Adjective
f?tile
- nominative neuter singular of f?tilis
- accusative neuter singular of f?tilis
- vocative neuter singular of f?tilis
References
- futile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- futile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- futile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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redundant
English
Etymology
From Latin redundans, present participle of redundare (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undo (“I surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???d?n.d?nt/
Adjective
redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)
- Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
- (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
- (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
- Four employees were made redundant.
- Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
- 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:
- The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.
- 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:
Antonyms
- non-redundant
Related terms
- redound
- redundance
- redundancy
Synonyms
- (dismissed from employment): surplus to requirements
Translations
Further reading
- redundant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- redundant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- redundant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin redundans.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /r?.dun?dant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /r?.dun?dan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.dun?dant/
Adjective
redundant (masculine and feminine plural redundants)
- redundant
Derived terms
- redundantment
Related terms
- redundància
- redundar
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ed?n?dant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
redundant (comparative redundanter, superlative am redundantesten)
- redundant
Declension
Synonyms
- überzählig
Related terms
- Redundanz
Further reading
- “redundant” in Duden online
Latin
Verb
redundant
- third-person plural present active indicative of redund?
Romanian
Alternative forms
- redondant
Etymology
Borrowed from English redundant and French redondant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.dun?dant/
Adjective
redundant m or n (feminine singular redundant?, masculine plural redundan?i, feminine and neuter plural redundante)
- redundant
Declension
Related terms
- redondan??
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