TRIVIA


Meaning of TRIVIA in English

/ ˈtrɪviə; NAmE / noun [ U ]

1.

unimportant matters, details or information :

We spent the whole evening discussing domestic trivia.

2.

(usually in compounds) facts about many subjects that are used in a game to test people's knowledge :

a trivia quiz

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: from modern Latin , plural of trivium place where three roads meet, influenced in sense by trivial .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.