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English
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + significant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/
- Hyphenation: in‧sig‧nif‧i‧cant
Adjective
insignificant (comparative more insignificant, superlative most insignificant)
- Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.
- Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.
- Without meaning; not signifying anything.
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Translations
not significant; not important
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Bengali: খাকদর খাক (bn) (khakdor khak)
- Bulgarian: незначителен (bg) (neznačitelen)
- Catalan: insignificant (ca)
- Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 無意義／无意义 (zh) (wúyìyì), 無關緊要／无关紧要 (zh) (wúguān jǐnyào), 無足重輕／无足重轻 (wúzúzhòngqīng)
- Czech: nevýznamný
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: onbelangrijk (nl), onbelangrijke (nl)
- Finnish: mitätön (fi), merkityksetön (fi), samantekevä (fi), vähäpätöinen (fi)
- French: insignifiant (fr)
- Galician: insignificante
- German: bedeutungslos (de), unbedeutend (de)
- Greek: ασήμαντος (el) (asímantos)
- Hungarian: jelentéktelen (hu)
- Italian: insignificante (it), irrilevante (it), nullo (it)
- Japanese: 些細な (ja) (ささいな, sasai na), 無意味な (ja) (むいみな, muimi na)
- Khmer: មិនសំខាន់ (mɨn sɑmkʰan), មិនគួរឱ្យកត់សម្គាល់ (mɨn kuə aoy kɑt sɑmkoal)
- Korean: 하찮은 (hachaneun)
- Latin: perexiguus
- Maori: whetowheto, hauwarea, hanganoa
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: изи (izi)
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Occitan: insignificant
- Polish: nieistotny (pl), błahy (pl), błahy (pl)
- Portuguese: insignificante (pt)
- Romanian: nesemnificant, nesemnificativ (ro), neimportant (ro)
- Russian: незначи́тельный (ru) (neznačítelʹnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian: безначајан, beznačajan (sh)
- Spanish: insignificante (es), oscuro (es), desestimable
- Swedish: obetydlig (sv), betydelselös (sv)
- Turkish: anlamsız (tr), (dated) ehemmiyetsiz (tr), manasız (tr), önemsiz (tr)
- Ukrainian: незначни́й (neznačnýj)
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Catalan
Adjective
insignificant m or f (masculine and feminine plural insignificants)
- insignificant (not important)
- Antonym: significant
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Occitan
Adjective
insignificant m (feminine singular insignificanta, masculine plural insignificants, feminine plural insignificantas)
- insignificant (not important)
- Antonym: significant
Related terms
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 568.
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 345.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian insignificante.
Adjective
insignificant m or n (feminine singular insignificantă, masculine plural insignificanți, feminine and neuter plural insignificante)
- insignificant
Declension
Declension of insignificant