inertie
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈnɛr(t)si/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧er‧tie
Synonyms
Antonyms
- dynamisme
- doortastendheid
- besluitvaardigheid
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inertia (“want of art or skill; inactivity”), from iners (“inept, slow”), itself from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.nɛʁ.si/
Audio (file)
Noun
inertie f (usually uncountable, plural inerties)
- (physics) inertia
- (figuratively) lack of dynamism or forcefulness
Related terms
Descendants
- → Dutch: inertie
Further reading
- “inertie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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