idiota

See also: idiotā and idióta

English

Etymology

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

Noun

idiota (plural idiotas)

  1. (pejorative, slang, US) fool or imbecile

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

idiota m (plural idioti) idiota f (plural idiote)

  1. (pejorative) idiot, moron, clot

Adjective

idiota (feminine singular idiota, masculine plural idioti, feminine plural idiote)

  1. idiotic

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “person not involved in public affairs, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /i.diˈoː.ta/, [ɪ.dɪˈoː.ta]

Noun

idiōta m (genitive idiōtae); first declension

  1. (pejorative) idiot

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative idiōta idiōtae
genitive idiōtae idiōtārum
dative idiōtae idiōtīs
accusative idiōtam idiōtās
ablative idiōtā idiōtīs
vocative idiōta idiōtae

Descendants

References

  • idiota in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • idiota in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • idiota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • idiota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)

Latvian

Noun

idiota m

  1. genitive singular form of idiots

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /idˈjɔ.ta/
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Noun

idiota m pers (feminine idiotka)

  1. idiot
  2. (medicine, obsolete) person with severe mental retardation

Usage notes

In obsolete medical usage, idiota referred to severe cases of developmental disability. Milder forms were described with the words imbecyl and debil.

Declension

Derived terms

  • idiotyczny
  • idiotyzm

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): [i.ˈðjɔ.tɐ]
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ˈd͡ʒjɔ.tɐ/, [i.ˈd͡ʒɔ.ta]
  • Hyphenation: i‧dio‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɐ

Adjective

idiota (plural, comparable)

  1. idiotic

Noun

idiota m, f (plural idiotas)

  1. idiot

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ˈdjo.ta/, [i.ˈðjo.ta]

Adjective

idiota (plural idiotas)

  1. idiotic

Noun

idiota m, f (plural idiotas)

  1. (pejorative) idiot
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