futile - Wiktionary futile Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Jump to navigation Jump to search Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Related terms 2.4 Further reading 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Adjective 3.3.1 Derived terms 3.3.2 Related terms 3.4 Anagrams 3.5 References 4 Latin 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Alternative forms 4.1.2 Adverb 4.1.2.1 Synonyms 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Adjective 4.3 References English[edit] Etymology[edit] From Middle French futile, from Latin fūtilis. Pronunciation[edit] (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfjuː.taɪl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈfju.taɪ.əl/, /ˈfju.təl/ Rhymes: -uːtəl (US) Adjective[edit] futile (comparative more futile, superlative most futile) Incapable of producing results; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting. 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or […] . And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness. 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. 2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport: Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane sealed the win, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw against PAOK Salonika rendered Spurs' efforts futile. Synonyms[edit] useless, see also Thesaurus:futile Antonyms[edit] effectual effective fruitful Related terms[edit] futility futilitarian Translations[edit] incapable of producing results Arabic: عَقِيم‎ (ʿaqīm) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: бескары́сны (be) (bjeskarýsny), дарэ́мны (be) (darémny) Bulgarian: безполе́зен (bg) (bezpolézen), напра́зен (bg) (naprázen), безуспе́шен (bg) (bezuspéšen) Burmese: အချည်းနှီးဖြစ်သေ (a.hkyany:hni:hpracse), အလဟဿဖြစ်သော (a.la.ha.ssa.hpracsau:) Catalan: fútil (ca) Cherokee: ᎤᏚᎩᏄᏛᎾ (uduginudvna) Chinese: Mandarin: 無用 (zh), 无用 (zh) (wúyòng), 枉然 (zh) (wǎngrán), 無益 (zh), 无益 (zh) (wúyì) Czech: jalový Danish: nytteløs (da) Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can Dutch: nutteloos (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: kasutu, tulutu Faroese: nyttuleysur Finnish: turha (fi), tulokseton (fi), toivoton (fi); katteeton (fi) (of a promise) French: futile (fr) Galician: fútil (gl) Georgian: ფუჭი (puč̣i), ამაო (amao) German: sinnlos (de), vergeblich (de) Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (halks) Greek: μάταιος (el) (mátaios) Ancient: μάταιος (mátaios) Hindi: फ़ज़ूल (fazūl), अकारथ (hi) (akārath) Ido: vana (io) Italian: futile (it) Japanese: 無用 (ja) (むよう, muyō), 無駄 (ja) (むだ, muda), 無益 (むえき, mueki) Khmer: អសារ (km) (a’saa) Latin: futilis Malay: sia-sia Maori: mūhore, papakore, huakore Mirandese: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Navajo: chʼééh Norwegian: Bokmål: nytteløs, nyttelaus Nynorsk: nyttelaus Occitan: futil Persian: عبث‎ (fa), بی فایده‎ (fa), پوچ‎ (fa) (puč) Polish: daremny (pl) m Portuguese: fútil (pt) Russian: бесполе́зный (ru) (bespoléznyj), тще́тный (ru) (tščétnyj), беспло́дный (ru) (besplódnyj), напра́сный (ru) (naprásnyj) Scottish Gaelic: dìomhain, faoin Slovak: márny (sk), zbytočný, nepatrný Spanish: inútil (es), vano (es) m Swedish: meningslös (sv), lönlös (sv), fåfäng (sv) Thai: เปล่าประโยชน์ Ukrainian: некори́сний (nekorýsnyj), даре́мний (darémnyj) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Volapük: please add this translation if you can French[edit] Etymology[edit] Borrowed from Latin fūtilis. Pronunciation[edit] IPA(key): /fy.til/ Audio (file) Rhymes: -il Adjective[edit] futile (plural futiles) futile Related terms[edit] futilité Further reading[edit] “futile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). Italian[edit] Etymology[edit] From Latin fūtilis (“futile, worthless”, literally “that easily pours out”). Pronunciation[edit] IPA(key): /ˈfu.ti.le/, [ˈfuːt̪il̺e] Rhymes: -utile Hyphenation: fù‧ti‧le Adjective[edit] futile (masculine and feminine plural futili) futile, frivolous, worthless Derived terms[edit] futilmente Related terms[edit] futilità Anagrams[edit] fluite References[edit] futile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Latin[edit] Etymology 1[edit] Alternative forms[edit] futtile Adverb[edit] fūtile (not comparable) in vain Synonyms[edit] frustrā in cassum Etymology 2[edit] Adjective[edit] fūtile nominative neuter singular of fūtilis accusative neuter singular of fūtilis vocative neuter singular of fūtilis References[edit] futile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press futile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers futile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=futile&oldid=61616215" Categories: English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰew- English terms derived from Middle French English terms derived from Latin English 2-syllable words English terms with IPA pronunciation English 3-syllable words English lemmas English adjectives English terms with quotations French terms borrowed from Latin French terms derived from Latin French 2-syllable words French terms with IPA pronunciation French terms with audio links French lemmas French adjectives Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰew- Italian terms derived from Latin Italian 3-syllable words Italian terms with IPA pronunciation Italian lemmas Italian adjectives Latin lemmas Latin adverbs Latin uncomparable adverbs Latin non-lemma forms Latin adjective forms Hidden categories: etyl cleanup/en/frm etyl cleanup/en/la Requests for translations into Armenian Requests for translations into Dhivehi Requests for translations into Esperanto Requests for translations into Mirandese Requests for translations into Mongolian Requests for translations into Vietnamese Requests for translations into Volapük Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Entry Discussion Variants Views Read Edit History More Search Navigation Main Page Community portal Preferences Requested entries Recent changes Random entry Help Glossary Donations Contact us Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version In other languages Català Čeština Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Français 한국어 Հայերեն Ido Italiano ಕನ್ನಡ ქართული Kurdî Magyar Malagasy മലയാളം မြန်မာဘာသာ 日本語 Polski Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska தமிழ் తెలుగు ᏣᎳᎩ اردو Tiếng Việt 中文 This page was last edited on 20 January 2021, at 19:53. 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