/ap.syʁd/
Translation
absurd, ridiculous
Word origin
From Latin absurdus ('out of tune, senseless'), built on surdus ('deaf, muffled'). What is absurd first sounded wrong to the ear.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- absurdus
- English cognates
- absurd
Grammar
Examples
Cette .
That idea is completely absurd.
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He tells absurd stories.
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The world has turned absurd.
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His answer was absurd and unkind.
C' , .
That is absurd, nobody is going to believe it.
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