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idiot
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last edited
by Risto Kupsala 17 years, 4 months ago
a foolish person
used as a derogatory word
East-Asian languages
Code | language | noun | IPA | hua | 普通话 | | | wu | 吳語 | | | yue | 粤语 | | | hak | 客家 | | | min | 閩方言 | | | kor | 한국어 | 바보 | pabo | jpn | 日本語 | バカ, アホ | baka, aho | vie | Tiếng Việt | | | tai | ไทย | คนโง่เง่า, ไอ้งั่ง, ตุ่น | kʰon ŋo:ŋau, aiŋaŋ, tun | mya | ဗမာစာ | | |
Indo-European languages
European languages
Code | language | noun | IPA | ell | ελληνικά | | | deu | Deutsch | Idiot, Dummkopf | idiot, dumkopf | eng | English | idiot, fool, moron | idiət, fu:l, mɔ:rɒn | fra | français | idiot, con | idjo, kõ | ita | italiano | idiota, tonto | idiota, tonto | esl | español | idiota, tonto | idiota, tonto | por | português | idiota, bobo, palerma | idiotə, bobu, pɐleɾmɐ | pol | polski | idiota | idiota | ukr | українська | | | rus | русский | идиот, болван, дурак | idiot, bolvan, durak |
Indo-Iranian languages
Code | language | noun | IPA | ben | বাংলা | বোকা | boka | guj | ગુજરાતી | | gəbo, gəbi, murəkʰ | hin | हिन्दी | मूर्ख | mu:rəkʰ | mar | मराठी | | | pan | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | | | urd | اردو | | | fas | فارسی | | |
Dravidian languages
Austronesian languages
Code | language | noun | IPA | ind | bahasa Indonesia | orang tolol, orang bodoh | oraŋ tolol, oraŋ bodoh | jav | basa Jawa | | | tgl | tagalog | | |
Ural-Altaic languages
Code | language | noun | IPA | fin | suomi | hölmö, tyhmä, typerys, pöljä, idiootti | | hun | magyar | idióta, mafla, ostoba | idio:ta, mafla, ostoba | tur | Türkçe | | |
Afro-Asian languages
Niger-Congo languages
Code | language | noun | IPA | man | mandingo | | | ful | fulfulde | | | yor | Yorùbá | òmùgọ̀ | omugɔ | ibo | igbo | ogoli, onuku, atụlụ, nzuzu | ogoli, onuku, atʊlʊ, nzuzu | kon | kikongo | zoba | zoba | lin | lingála | | | rwa | kinyarwanda | | | swa | kiswahili | mpumbavu, zuzu | mpumbavu, zuzu | zul | isizulu | | |
Amerindian languages
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Comments (6)
Anonymous said
at 3:48 am on Jan 20, 2006
I'm wondering whether it's necessary to have pages on words like this. On one hand, it's an important word, but on the other, it's the kind of word that quickly changes as people come up with new ones. In English, we have dozens of words that can mean stupid: moron, jackass, nitwit, dumb, retard, etc. So I think that even if such a word is not created for an IAL, people will rapidly come up with many imaginative candidates!
Anonymous said
at 9:01 am on Jan 20, 2006
The same in French... But idiot has also a medical sense: a person of IQ not above 20, and unable to speak.
Anonymous said
at 10:52 am on Jan 20, 2006
I think words like this are needed. "Idiot" is as important as "genius". Besides, "idiot" and "dumb" have survived centuries in English. People can come up with new imaginative words, but it's good that there's one in the dictionary to aid people who don't have that much imagination or courage to coin their own words.
I didn't mean the medical sense of the word, you should add another table for that.
Anonymous said
at 1:08 pm on Jan 20, 2006
I found that the medical sense is now obsolete...
Anonymous said
at 1:34 pm on Jan 20, 2006
It's difficult to translate such a word. I never use "idiot" in my daily life, despite I can understand it. The more widely used word for a "foolish person" is "con" (Jens certainly know it ;-) The problem is that "con" is not very international.
Anonymous said
at 1:46 pm on Jan 20, 2006
That's OK. The words don't have to be international, just common French words. I remember seeing a French movie where one dude said often "Quel con!" or something like that. :-)
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