platitude
/ˈplatɪtjuːd/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈplatɪtjuːd/
platitude
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- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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- Final e often stays silent
pla - ti - tude -> platitude
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
platitude /'plætÇtju:d; US -tu:d/ n (fml derog )
သုံးဖန်များလွန်း၍ ရိုးအီနေပြီဖြစ်သော အသုံးအနှုန်း၊ စကားရပ်။ We'll have to listen to more platitudes about the dangers of overspending.
❏ platitudinous /plætÇ'tju:dÇnǝs; US -'tu:dǝ -nǝs / adj (fml ) ကြားရသည်မှာ ဖန်တစ်ရာတေနေပြီဖြစ် [သော]။ ဓာတ်ပြား ဟောင်း ပြန်ဖွင့် [သော]။ The speeches were mechanical and platitudinous.
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cliché, inanity, tired expression, commonplace, banality, boiler plate, boredom, bromide, buzzword, chestnut, cliché, corn, dull, dullness, evenness, familiar tune, flatness, hackneyed saying, high camp, hokum, inaneness, insipidity, monotony, motto, old chestnut, old story, overused saying, plainness, potboiler, prosaicism, proverb, saw, shibboleth, stereotype, tag, trite remark, triteness, triviality, truism, vapidity, verbiage
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