How do you pronounce platitude?

platitude is pronounced as /ˈplætɪtjuːd/.

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platitude

🗣️platitude (platitude)

noun

/ˈplætɪtjuːd/

platitude, lieu commun (platitude, lieu commun)

platforms platonic

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Signification

a remark or statement that is overused and unoriginal

Traduction de la signification

une remarque ou déclaration qui est surutilisée et peu originale

une remarque ou declaration qui est surutilisee et peu originale

Phrases d'exemple

He kept repeating the same platitudes during the speech.

Il n'a cessé de répéter les mêmes platitudes pendant son discours.

Il n'a cesse de repeter les memes platitudes pendant son discours.

Synonymes

cliché, truism, banality, commonplace

Antonymes

originality, novelty

Collocations

political platitude, moral platitude, repeated platitude

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