Mundane — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - Anita Diamant

concerned with the world or worldly matters

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mʌndˈeɪn/

🇬🇧British English

/mʌndˈeɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mʌndˈeɪn/

2 syllables Say it as /mʌndˈeɪn/.

Examples

a placid everyday scene
it was a routine day
there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unremarkable workaday terrestrial everyday quotidian routine terrene

Parts of Speech

adjective	found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - Anita Diamant “a placid everyday scene”
adjective	concerned with the world or worldly matters “mundane affairs”
adjective	belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly “not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind”

Word Forms

everydayness	noun	ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
mundanity	noun	the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
mundaneness	noun	the quality of being commonplace and ordinary

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

banal

im normalen Verlauf der Ereignisse gefunden werden; ; ; - Anita Diamant

🇫🇷French

banal

constaté dans le cours normal des événements ; ; ; -Anita Diamant

🇪🇸Spanish

mundano

encontrado en el curso normal de los acontecimientos; ; ; - Anita Diamante

🇮🇹Italian

banale

riscontrabili nel corso ordinario degli eventi; ; ; -Anita Diamant

🇳🇱Dutch

werelds

gevonden in de normale gang van zaken; ; ; - Anita Diamant

🇵🇹Portuguese

mundano

encontrado no curso normal dos acontecimentos; ; ; -Anita Diamante

🇷🇺Russian

земной

встречается в обычном ходе событий; ; ; - Анита Диамант

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सांसारिक

घटनाओं के सामान्य क्रम में पाया गया; ; ; -अनीता डायमेंट

🇧🇩Bengali

জাগতিক

ঘটনা সাধারণ কোর্সে পাওয়া যায়; ; ; - অনিতা ডায়ম্যান্ট

🇮🇳Tamil

சாதாரணமான

நிகழ்வுகளின் சாதாரண போக்கில் காணப்படுகிறது; ; ; - அனிதா டயமன்ட்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రాపంచికమైన

సంఘటనల సాధారణ కోర్సులో కనుగొనబడింది; ; ; - అనితా డైమంట్

🇮🇳Marathi

सांसारिक

घटनांच्या सामान्य कोर्समध्ये आढळतात; ; ; - अनिता डायमंट

🇮🇳Gujarati

સાંસારિક

ઘટનાઓના સામાન્ય કોર્સમાં જોવા મળે છે; ; ; - અનિતા ડાયમેંટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಾಪಂಚಿಕ

ಘಟನೆಗಳ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಕೋರ್ಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡುಬರುತ್ತದೆ; ; ; - ಅನಿತಾ ಡೈಮಂಟ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലൗകികമായ

സംഭവങ്ങളുടെ സാധാരണ ഗതിയിൽ കണ്ടെത്തി; ; ; - അനിത ഡയമൻ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੁਨਿਆਵੀ

ਘਟਨਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਆਮ ਕੋਰਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ; ; ; - ਅਨੀਤਾ ਡਾਇਮੈਂਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

دنیاوی

واقعات کے عام کورس میں پایا جاتا ہے؛ ; ; - انیتا Diamant

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

平凡的

在正常的事件过程中发现； ; ; - 安妮塔·迪亚曼特

🇯🇵Japanese

ありふれた

通常の出来事の中で発見される。 ; ; - アニタ・ディアマント

🇰🇷Korean

평범한

일반적인 사건 과정에서 발견됨; ; ; - 아니타 디아망트

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tầm thường

được tìm thấy trong diễn biến thông thường của các sự kiện; ; ; - Kim cương Anita

🇹🇭Thai

โลกีย์

ที่พบในเหตุการณ์ปกติ; ; ; - แอนนิต้า เดียมันท์

🇮🇩Indonesian

biasa

ditemukan dalam kejadian biasa; ; ; - Anita Diamant

🇵🇭Filipino

makamundo

matatagpuan sa karaniwang takbo ng mga pangyayari; ; ; - Anita Diamant

🇲🇾Malay

duniawi

ditemui dalam perjalanan biasa peristiwa; ; ; - Anita Diamant

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عادي

وجدت في المسار العادي للأحداث؛ ; ; - أنيتا ديامانت

🇮🇷Persian

دنیوی

در روند عادی وقایع یافت می شود. ; ; - آنیتا دیامانت

🇹🇷Turkish

sıradan

olayların olağan akışında bulunan; ; ; -Anita Diamant

🇮🇱Hebrew

אַרְצִי

נמצא במהלך האירועים הרגיל; ; ; - אניטה דיאמנט

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The primary meaning of 'mundane' is 'found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - Anita Diamant'.

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Using 'mundane' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'mundane' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'mundane' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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