inertie
Dutch
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editNoun
editinertie f (plural inerties)
- inertia
- (figuratively) lack of dynamism or forcefulness
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editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin inertia (“want of art or skill; inactivity”), from iners (“inept, slow”), itself from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editinertie f (usually uncountable, plural inerties)
- (physics) inertia
- (figuratively) lack of dynamism or forcefulness
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editDescendants
edit- → Dutch: inertie
Further reading
edit- “inertie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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