inertie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French inertie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈnɛr(t)si/

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• Hyphenation: in‧er‧tie

Noun

inertie f (plural inerties)

1. inertia
2. (figuratively) Lack of dynamism or forcefulness.

Synonyms

• traagheid

Antonyms

• dynamisme
• doortastendheid
• besluitvaardigheid

Related terms

• inert

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/

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Noun

inertie f (usually uncountable, plural inerties)

1. (physics) inertia
2. (figuratively) lack of dynamism or forcefulness

Related terms

• inerte

Descendants

• → Dutch: inertie

Further reading

• “inertie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.