Banal Definition

bə-năl, bānəl, bə-näl

adjective

banaler, banalest

Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite.

American Heritage

Dull or stale as because of overuse; trite; hackneyed; commonplace.

Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Banal

Base Form:

banal

Comparative:

banaler

Superlative:

banalest

From French banal, from Medieval Latin bannalis (“pertaining to compulsory feudal service, applied especially to mills, wells, ovens, etc., used in common by people of the lower classes, upon the command of a feudal superior; hence, common, commonplace”), from bannum (“command, proclamation”).

From Wiktionary
French from Old French shared by tenants in a feudal jurisdiction from ban summons to military service of Germanic origin bhā-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition