idiota
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish idiota, from Latin idiōta (“idiot”), from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”). Doublet of idiot.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]idiota (plural idiotas)
- (derogatory, slang, US) Fool or imbecile.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).
Adjective
[edit]idiota m or f (masculine and feminine plural idiotes)
Noun
[edit]idiota m or f by sense (plural idiotes)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “idiota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “idiota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “idiota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “idiota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
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Adjective
[edit]idiota (accusative singular idiotan, plural idiotaj, accusative plural idiotajn)
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).
Adjective
[edit]idiota m or f (plural idiotas)
Noun
[edit]idiota m or f by sense (plural idiotas)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “idiota”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]idiota m or f by sense (masculine plural idioti, feminine plural idiote)
- (derogatory) idiot, moron, maroon, clot
Adjective
[edit]idiota (masculine plural idioti, feminine plural idiote)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- idiota in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “person not involved in public affairs, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /i.diˈoː.ta/, [ɪd̪iˈoːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.diˈo.ta/, [id̪iˈɔːt̪ä]
Noun
[edit]idiōta m (genitive idiōtae); first declension
- (derogatory) idiot, an ignorant, uneducated or illiterate person
- (Medieval Latin) convert; conversus (lay brother)
- (Medieval Latin) private person
Usage notes
[edit]- (uneducated person): Sometimes used in a non-derogatory sense in Medieval Latin, partially influenced by a folk etymology deriving the term from idiōma, thus “one who speaks only their own language”, i.e., the vernacular and not Latin.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | idiōta | idiōtae |
Genitive | idiōtae | idiōtārum |
Dative | idiōtae | idiōtīs |
Accusative | idiōtam | idiōtās |
Ablative | idiōtā | idiōtīs |
Vocative | idiōta | idiōtae |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “idiota”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- idiota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “idiota”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
- a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
- idiota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “idiota”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “idiota”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
Latvian
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[edit]idiota m
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French idiot, from Old French idiot, from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]idiota m pers (female equivalent idiotka)
- (derogatory) idiot
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec
- (pathology, obsolete) person with severe mental retardation
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- idiota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- idiota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
- Hyphenation: i‧dio‧ta
Adjective
[edit]idiota m or f (plural idiotas)
- idiotic
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Noun
[edit]idiota m or f by sense (plural idiotas)
- idiot
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “idiota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]idiota m or f (masculine and feminine plural idiotas)
Noun
[edit]idiota m or f by sense (plural idiotas)
- (derogatory) idiot, moron, fool, dork, eejit
- (derogatory) dick, jerk, schmuck, douchebag, asshole, ass, jackass, prick (i.e., a cocky or self-important individual without any foundation for it)
Usage notes
[edit]- Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.
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[edit]- “idiota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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