inertie

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French inertie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈnɛr(t)si/
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  • Hyphenation: in‧er‧tie

Noun

inertie f (plural inerties)

  1. inertia
  2. (figuratively) lack of dynamism or forcefulness

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French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inertia (“want of art or skill; inactivity”), from iners (“inept, slow”), itself from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

Noun

inertie f (usually uncountable, plural inerties)

  1. (physics) inertia
  2. (figuratively) lack of dynamism or forcefulness

Descendants

  • → Persian: اینرسی (inersi)
  • → Dutch: inertie

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