банальный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French banal + -ный (-nyj). Further from Latin bannālis, from Latin bannus (whence also English abandon). Further from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (whence also English ban). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (to speak).

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Adjective

бана́льный (banálʹnyj) (adverb бана́льно, abstract noun бана́льность)

  1. banal, trivial (common, ordinary)

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Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-:

Descendants

  • Georgian: ბანალური (banaluri)