see|Idiot
English
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Pronunciation
italbrac|RP, US IPA|/�ɪdi��t/
italbrac|Hiberno-English|HE, italbrac|Scottish English|SSE IPA|/i�ʤɪt/
Etymology
ME. < OF. idiote < L. idiota < Gr. ιδι��η� (idiotes) "a private citizen", "individual", also "one who has no professional knowledge, layman" and "unpractised, unskilled" < ίδιο� (idios) "one's own, pertaining to oneself, private"; used derisively in ancient Athens to refer to one who declined to take part in public life.
Noun
en-noun
- pejorative A common term for a person of low general intelligence.
#: usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.
- obsolete A medical or psychological term meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
Related terms
idiocy
idiotic
idiotically
idiot savant
Translations
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Basque: ergel
Chinese: å�»å� (shÇ�zi), è ¢è²¨ / è ¢è´§ (chÇ�n huò)
Croatian: t-|hr|idiot|m
Danish: t-|da|idiot|c
Dutch: idioot m
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Estonian: idioot
Finnish: t+|fi|idiootti
French: t+|fr|idiot|m
German: Idiot m, Idiotin f
Greek: (1) ηλίθιοÏ� (ilÃthios) n, (2) ιδιÏ�Ï�ηÏ� (idiotis) m, (2) μικÏ�Ï�νοÏ�Ï� (mikronus) m
Hungarian: t-|hu|idióta
Hebrew: t+|he|������|sc=Hebr
Icelandic: hálviti m, asni m, grasasni m, skynskiptingur m (obsolete)
Irish: t-|ga|amadán|xs=Irish
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Japanese: 馬鹿 (��, baka)
Korean: 백� (baekchi)
Latin: t-|la|idiota|m
Norwegian: t+|no|idiot|c
Polish: idiota m|f
Portuguese: idiota m|f
Romanian: idiot m, idioat� f, idioţi p, idioate f|p
Russian: t+|ru|идио�|m|tridiót|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: amadan m, òinseach f
Slovak: t-|sk|idiot|m
Spanish: idiota m|f
Swahili: mjinga
Swedish: t+|sv|idiot|c
Turkish: t+|tr|salak
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Croatian
Noun
hr-noun|m
- #English|idiot
French
Pronunciation
IPA|/i.dj�/, SAMPA|/i.djO/
Noun
fr-noun|m|s|idiote
- idiot#English|idiot
Slovak
Noun
- context|pejorative|lang=sk idiot#English|idiot
Derived terms
idiotický -á -é
idiotizmus m
Category:Slovak nouns
Swedish
Noun
idiot c (plural idioter, def. sg. idioten, def. pl. idioterna)
- context|pejorative|lang=sk idiot#English|idiot
Category:Swedish nouns
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