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Finnish
Noun
anodin
- genitive singular of anodi
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνώδυνος (anṓdunos, “free from pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
anodin (feminine anodine, masculine plural anodins, feminine plural anodines)
- (pharmacology) anodyne
Les préparations de ciguë, d’opium, etc., sont des remèdes anodins.- Preparations of hemlock, opium, and so forth, are known as anodynes.
- (figuratively) ineffective
Dans l’état des choses, il ne faut pas se contenter de remèdes anodins.- Given the current state of affairs, we must not be contented with ineffectual remedies.
- (by extension) innocuous, harmless, trivial
- Synonyms: faible, insignifiant
- un discours anodin ― an innocuous speech
- anodin en apparence ― seemingly trivial
- trivial, unimportant, insignificant
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French anodin.
Adjective
anodin m or n (feminine singular anodină, masculine plural anodini, feminine and neuter plural anodine)
- anodyne
Declension