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Summary

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absurdity:
- bêtise; idiotie; manque de raison; folie; manque de sagesse; sottise; absurdité; non-sens; aliénation mentale
Wiktionary:
- absurdity → absurdité, imprudence
- absurdity → absurdité, folie

English

Detailed Translations for absurdity from English to French

absurdity:

absurdity [the ~] noun

the absurdity (incongruity; paradox)
la bêtise; l'idiotie; le manque de raison; la folie; le manque de sagesse; la sottise; l'absurdité; le non-sens; l'aliénation mentale
- bêtise [la ~] noun
- idiotie [la ~] noun
- manque de raison [le ~] noun
- folie [la ~] noun
- manque de sagesse [le ~] noun
- sottise [la ~] noun
- absurdité [la ~] noun
- non-sens [le ~] noun
- aliénation mentale [la ~] noun
the absurdity
l'absurdité
- absurdité [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for absurdity:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
absurdité	absurdity; incongruity; paradox	backwardness; gibberish; nonsense; preposterousness; retardation; rubbish
aliénation mentale	absurdity; incongruity; paradox	derangement of mind; insanity; lunacy; mental derangement; mental disorder; mental disturbance; mental illness
bêtise	absurdity; incongruity; paradox	banter; dullness; folly; foolishness; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; shenanigan; silliness; silly joke; silly trick; stupidity; vapidity
folie	absurdity; incongruity; paradox	anger; backwardness; banter; craziness; delirium; derangement; ecstasy; folly; foolishness; frenzy; fun; fury; high jinks; hilarity; humor; humour; hysteria; idiocy; inanity; infatuation; insanity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; mental derangement; mental illness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; preposterousness; rage; retardation; rubbish; silliness; silly joke; stupidity; wrath
idiotie	absurdity; incongruity; paradox	folly; foolishness; idiocy; lunacy; silly joke
manque de raison	absurdity; incongruity; paradox	irrationality; unreasonableness
manque de sagesse	absurdity; incongruity; paradox	irrationality; unreasonableness
non-sens	absurdity; incongruity; paradox	foolishness; gibberish; madness; nonsense; rubbish; tattle
sottise	absurdity; incongruity; paradox	banter; childishness; folly; foolishness; fun; gibberish; high jinks; hilarity; humor; humour; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; sheepishness; silliness; silly joke; stupidity
-	absurdness; fatuity; fatuousness; ridiculousness; silliness
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	possession

Related Words for "absurdity":

absurdities

Synonyms for "absurdity":

absurdness; ridiculousness; nonsense; bunk; nonsensicality; meaninglessness; hokum
fatuity; fatuousness; silliness; folly; foolishness; unwiseness

Related Definitions for "absurdity":

a ludicrous folly¹
- the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior¹
a message whose content is at variance with reason¹

Wiktionary Translations for absurdity:

absurdity

noun

Caractère de ce qui est absurde.
- absurdité → absurdity; nonsense; rubbish
défaut de prudence.
- imprudence → absurdity; folly; senselessness

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• absurdity	→ absurdité	↔ Unding — nur Singular: etwas völlig Widersinniges, vor allem in der Wendung ein Unding sein
• absurdity	→ folie	↔ Wahnwitz — etwas völlig Unsinniges, Abwegiges oder Unvernünftiges mit oft gefährlichen Risiken

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University