absurditet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin absurditas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ab.suɾditɛt]

Noun

absurditet m (plural absurditete, definite absurditeti, definite plural absurditetet)

1. absurdity

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
• “absurditet”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Etymology

absurd +‎ -itet

Noun

absurditet c (singular definite absurditeten, plural indefinite absurditeter)

1. absurdity

Etymology

From French absurdité (“absurdity”), from Middle French absurdité, from Latin absurditās (“dissonance, absurdity”), from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”) (with the suffix -tās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”).

Equivalent to absurd +‎ -itet, with the suffix from German -ität, from French -ité, from the suffix -itātem, accusative of -itās, from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absʉɖɪˈteːt/, /absʉʁdɪˈteːt/, /apsʉɖɪˈteːt/, /apsʉʁdɪˈteːt/

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• Rhymes: -eːt
• Hyphenation: ab‧surd‧it‧et

Noun

absurditet m (definite singular absurditeten, indefinite plural absurditeter, definite plural absurditetene)

1. absurdity (the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth)
   • 1939, Knut Hamsun, Artikler, page 30:

     dette kvindelige herskervæsen, der sammen med al unatur forøvrigt gør livet til en absurditet

     this female ruler who, together with all the unnatural, makes life an absurdity

   • 1892, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter III, page 211:

     absurditeten af de forklaringer, [dikteren] underskyter sine oplevelser

     the absurdity of the explanations [the poet] underlies his experiences

   • 1974, Dag Coucheron, Nattsider, page 30:

     avhandling om livets absurditet

     dissertation on the absurdity of life

   • 2015 March 21, Dagsavisen, page 49:

     begge verk har en fortellende struktur og en leken absurditet

     both works have a narrative structure and a playful absurdity

2. an absurdity or absurdism (that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction)

   Synonym: absurdisme

   å komme med absurditeter

   to come up with absurdities

   • 2005, Ole O. Moen, USA:

     de får utgyte sine absurditeter uten motvekt fra den andre siden

     they are allowed to shed their absurdities without counterweight from the other side

3. words, expressions, actions, etc. which show that life is absurd
   • 1975, Bergens Tidende, page 5:

     Ionescos absurditeter er kommet til veis ende

     Ionesco's absurdities have come to an end

   • 2000, Jan Erik Vold, Mørkets sangerske, page 525:

     [Gunvor] Hofmos tankespinn leder til absurditeter og groteskerier hinsides det rimelige

     [Gunvor] Hofmo's thoughts lead to absurdities and grotesques beyond the reasonable

References

• “absurditet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “absurditet” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “absurditet” in Store norske leksikon

Etymology

From Latin absurditas, via French absurdité.

Noun

absurditet m (definite singular absurditeten, indefinite plural absurditetar, definite plural absurditetane)

1. absurdity

References

• “absurditet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

absurd +‎ -itet

Noun

absurditet c

1. an absurdity