English

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five to seven-year-old child (not commonly used today)
2. context|informal|pejorative A fool, an idiot.

#*Usage note: Commonly used in jocular insults.

Derived terms

1. imbecilic (adjective)
2. imbecility (noun)

Translations
trans-top|A person with limited mental capacity
Dutch: imbeciel m
Finnish: imbesilli
French: imbécile m, f
trans-mid
Portuguese: imbecil m, f
Russian: имбе�ил (imbetsíl) m
Spanish: imbécil
trans-bottom

trans-top|a fool
Dutch: imbeciel m
Finnish: imbesilli
French: imbécile m, f
trans-mid
Portuguese: imbecil m, f
Russian: д��ак (durák) m, д��а (dúra) f
Spanish: imbécil
trans-bottom

fr:imbecile
io:imbecile
ru:imbecile
te:imbecile
vi:imbecile
tr:imbecile
zh:imbecile

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