mundane
English
/mʌnˈdeɪn/
adj
Definitions
- Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
- Ordinary; not new.
- Tedious; repetitive and boring.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mondeyne derived from Old French mondain derived from Latin mundanus, mundus (world, clean, neat, elegant, pure, shiny).
Origin
Latin
mundus
Gloss
world, clean, neat, elegant, pure, shiny
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
浄
Emoji
🌍️ 🌎️ 🌏️ 🌐 🗺️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antemundane English
- circummundane English
- extramundane English
- inframundane English
- intermundane English
- intramundane English
- mundanely English
- mundaneness English
- mundania English
- mundanity English
- mundie English
- mundivagant English
- nonmundane English
- submundane English
- supermundane English
- supramundane English
- transmundane English
- unmundane English
- mundanus Latin
- mundiger Latin
- munditia Latin
- mundities Latin
- mundivagus Latin
- mundus Latin
- mundānus Latin
- mondo Italian
- mondain French
- monde French
- mondialisation French
- mondo Spanish, Castilian
- mundo Spanish, Castilian
- monden Norwegian Bokmål
- mondén Norwegian Bokmål
- mondeyne Middle English
- mondæn Danish
- mondain Old French
- monde Old French
- mund Old French
- monde Middle French
- mundo Old Portuguese
- mond Occitan
- mond Romansh
- mund Romansh
- muond Romansh
- mundiu Asturian
- mundu Asturian
- mond Friulian
- mon Old Occitan
- munnu Sicilian
- móndo Venetian
- monde Walloon
- monde Bourguignon
- mundhu Sardinian
- munno Neapolitan
- mondo Istriot
- mundo Aragonese
- monne Picard
- 𐌌𐌖𐌈 Etruscan