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Definition for: idiot

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English

Etymology

Middle English < Latin idiota < Greek ιδιώτης ( idiotes ) "a private citizen", "individual", also "one who has no professional knowledge, layman" and "unpractised, unskilled" < ίδιος ( 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

Singular
idiot

Plural
idiots

idiot ( plural idiots )

  1. ( 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.
  2. ( 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

  • Basque: ergel
  • Chinese: 傻子 (shǎzi), 蠢貨 / 蠢货 (chǔn huò)
  • Danish: idiot c .
  • Dutch: idioot m .
  • Estonian: idioot
  • Finnish: idiootti
  • French: idiot m .
  • German: Idiot m . , Idiotin f .
  • Greek: ηλίθιος (ilíthios) n .
  • Hiberno-English: eejit
  • Hungarian: idióta
  • Hebrew: אידיוט
  • Icelandic: hálviti m . , asni m . , grasasni m . , skynskiptingur m . (obsolete)
  • Irish: amadán
  • Japanese: 馬鹿 (ばか, baka)
  • Korean: 백치 (baekchi)
  • Latin: idiota m .
  • Polish: idiota m . , f .
  • Portuguese: idiota m . , f .
  • Romanian: idiot m . , idioată f . , idioţi pl . , idioate f . pl .
  • Russian: идиот (idiót) m .
  • Scots Gaelic: amadan m . , òinseach f .
  • Slovak: idiot m .
  • Spanish: idiota m . , f .
  • Swahili: mjinga
  • Swedish: idiot c .
  • Turkish: salak

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /i.djɔ/ , SAMPA: /i.djO/

Noun

Singular Plural
Male idiot
/i.djɔ/ 		idiots
/i.djɔ/
Female idiote
/i.djɔt/ 		idiotes
/i.djɔt/

idiot m . ( pl . : idiots)

  1. idiot

Slovak

Noun

idiot m . , idioti pl .
idiot stem
idiota gen sg
declension pattern chlap
  1. idiot

Derived terms

  • idiotický -á -é
  • idiotizmus m .

Swedish

Noun

idiot c . ( pl . idioter, def. sg. idioten, def. pl. idioterna)

  1. idiot

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