noun
trivia
TRIH-vee-uh
noun
1
Small, unimportant facts or details, often obscure ones.
"He loves collecting film trivia nobody else cares about."
"The book is full of interesting historical trivia."
2
A quiz game based on obscure facts.
"They host a trivia night at the pub every Thursday."
How to Use Trivia
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSmall, often obscure, facts — or a quiz game built from them.
Common pairings
trivia night
a piece of trivia
pub trivia
Word Forms
trivia plural, trivias plural
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Etymology
From Latin trivia, plural of trivium ("place where three roads meet"), which came to mean anything ordinary or commonplace.