platitude
Portuguese, noun/pla.t͡ʃiˈtu.d͡ʒi/
platitude is spelled P-L-A-T-I-T-U-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese, the 239,085th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Platitude is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “platitude (an overused saying)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comentário a primeira vista inteligente porém banal, trivial”.
What does platitude mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplatitude (an overused saying)
- 2
feminineplatitude; triteness; unoriginality
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comentário a primeira vista inteligente porém banal, trivial 2. monotonia, mesmice, insipidez, ausência de aspectos marcantes
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of platitude
- platitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce platitude?
- Brazil /pla.t͡ʃiˈtu.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /plɐ.tiˈtu.dɨ/
- Portugal [plɐ.tiˈtu.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to platitude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is platitude in Portuguese?
platitude appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).