English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-nonsense.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
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- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.
- by extension An untrue statement.
#:He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense.
- literature A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by w:Edward Lear|Edward Lear.
- biology A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
Synonyms
:See WikiSaurus:nonsense
:qualifier|mostly colloquialisms or slang: balderdash, baloney, bull, bulldust, bunk, codswallop, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, hooey (US), horse hockey, malarkey, manure, poppycock, prattle, rubbish, twaddle
:qualifier|vulgar slang: bollocks (British), bullshit, crap, horseshit (US)
Derived terms
nonsensical
Translations
trans-top|meaningless words
Arabic: Arab|Ùراء IPAchar|(heráâ) m
Chinese: åºè¯ (fèihuà )
Catalan: bajanada f, bestiesa f
Czech: t-|cs|nesmysl|m
Dutch: t-|nl|nonsens|m, t-|nl|onzin|m, t-|nl|flauwekul g|Dutch
Finnish: t-|fi|hölynpöly
French: t+|fr|sottise|f, t-|fr|non-sens|m
German: Blödsinn m, Nonsens m, Quatsch m (colloquial), Unsinn m,
Hungarian: t+|hu|képtelenség
Italian: t+|it|sciocchezza|f
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Japanese: ç¡æå³ (ããã¿, muimi)
Korean: ì´ë¦¬ìì ì리 (eoriseokeun sori), íì리 (heotsori)
Kurdish: KUchar|ÙسÙâÛ ÙÛÚÙÙ¾ÙÚ
Polish: t-|pl|nonsens|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|besteira|f
Russian: t-|ru|вздоÑ|m|trvdor|scCyrl, t-|ru|еÑÑнда|f|trjerundá|scCyrl, t-|ru|нонÑенÑ|m|trnónsens|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|tonterÃas|f|p, t+|es|disparate|m
Swedish: t-|sv|nonsens|n
Urdu: t|ur|بکÙاس|scur-Arab|xsUrdu
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trans-top|untrue statement
Czech: t-|cs|nesmysl|m
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Spanish: t-|es|tonterÃas|f|p, t+|es|estupidez|f
Swedish: t-|sv|nonsens|n
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trans-top|type of poetry
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Korean: ëì¼ì¤ (nansenseu)
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trans-top|damaged DNA sequence
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Korean: 무ì미 (muuimi)
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See also
sense|biology missense
Verb
to nonsense
- To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.
Synonyms
pooh-pooh, rubbish
fr:nonsense
ko:nonsense
io:nonsense
id:nonsense
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ku:nonsense
fi:nonsense
te:nonsense
vi:nonsense
zh:nonsense
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