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語源

Borrowed from French banal (“held in common, relating to feudal service, by extension commonplace”), from Old French banel, related to Medieval Latin bannālis (“subject to feudal authority”), from Latin bannus (“jurisdiction”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, summon, forbid”). Equivalent to ban +‎ -al. See also ban, abandon.

発音

• IPA: /bəˈnɑːl/, /ˈbeɪnəl/, /bəˈnæl/
• 韻: -ɑːl, -eɪnəl, -æl
• ハイフネーション: ban‧al

形容詞

banal (comparative more banal or banaler, superlative most banal or banalest)

1. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

   Synonyms: everyday, prosaic, mundane; see also Thesaurus:hackneyed, Thesaurus:boring

   Antonyms: new, original

   The movie’s dialogue was predictable and banal.

   He made a few banal remarks about the weather.

   banal clichés

   banal conversation

   sound banal

   • 2013, John Carney, Begin Again (motion picture), spoken by Dan (Mark Ruffalo):

     One of the most banal scenes is suddenly invested with so much meaning! All these banalities - They're suddenly turned into these… these beautiful, effervescent pearls. From Music.

2. (uncommon, historical) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.
   • 1926, Thomas Guérin, Feudal Canada: The Story of the Seigniories of New France, page 72:

     They arrived in 1732, and were distributed gratis to the more important banal mills.

   • 1984, C. Warren Hollister, “War and Diplomacy in the Anglo-Norman world: the reign of Henry I”, in Anglo-Norman Studies VI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference, 1983, page 79:

     French historians have viewed these policies as efforts to replace the banal authority inherited from the Carolingians […]

   • 2002, Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500, page 138:

     To what extent were banal lords accountable to a prince or a king for their unrestricted exercise of public authority?

派生語

Further reading

• “banal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “banal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Alban, Balan, Blaan, Laban, Nabal, alban, laban, labna, nabal, nabla