inertie

Borrowed from French inertie.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈnɛr(t)si/

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• Hyphenation: in‧er‧tie

inertie f (plural inerties)

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

• traagheid

• dynamisme
• doortastendheid
• besluitvaardigheid

• inert

Borrowed from Latin inertia (“want of art or skill; inactivity”), from iners (“inept, slow”), itself from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛʁ.si/

inertie f (usually uncountable, plural inerties)

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

• inerte

• “inertie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).