idiot

Alternative forms

• eejit (Irish English, eye dialect)
• idjit, idget (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪd.i.ət/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

idiot (plural idiots)

1. (pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
2. (obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
3. fool

Adjective

idiot (comparative more idiot, superlative most idiot)

1. (uncommon) idiotic, stupid

Noun

idiot m

1. (mildly vulgar) idiot (disliked or slow-witted person)
2. idiot (person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old)

Further reading

• idiot in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• idiot in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From Old French idiot (cf. also the older form idiote), borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.djo/

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• Homophone: idiots

Adjective

idiot (feminine singular idiote, masculine plural idiots, feminine plural idiotes)

1. idiotic; stupid

Noun

idiot m (plural idiots, feminine idiote)

1. idiot

Further reading

• “idiot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs)

Noun

idiot m (definite singular idioten, indefinite plural idioter, definite plural idiotene)

1. an idiot, imbecile, fool

References

• “idiot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs)

Noun

idiot m (definite singular idioten, indefinite plural idiotar, definite plural idiotane)

1. an idiot, imbecile, fool

References

• “idiot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• idiote

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Adjective

idiot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular idiote)

1. ignorant; narrow-minded

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (idiot, supplement)

Etymology

Borrowed from French idiot, itself borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.diˈot/

Noun

idiot m (plural idioți, feminine equivalent idioată)

1. idiot, moron, imbecile

Adjective

idiot m, n (feminine singular idioată, masculine plural idioți, feminine and neuter plural idioate)

1. stupid, idiotic, foolish, absurd

Etymology

From Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /idǐot/
• Hyphenation: i‧di‧ot

Noun

idìot m (Cyrillic spelling идѝот)

1. idiot

Etymology

From Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈidiɔt/

Noun

idiot m (genitive singular idiota, nominative plural idioti, genitive plural idiotov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. (pejorative) idiot

See also

• blázon
• hlupák

Further reading

• idiot in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Pronunciation

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Noun

idiot c

1. (pejorative) idiot