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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈæs.ɪ.naɪn/ [UK, US], /ˈæs.ə.naɪn/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-asinine.ogg , en-au-asinine.ogg Forms: more asinine [comparative], most asinine [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin asinīnus (“of a donkey or ass”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|asinīnus|t=of a donkey or ass}} Latin asinīnus (“of a donkey or ass”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} asinine (comparative more asinine, superlative most asinine)
  1. Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality. Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: foolish, obstinate Translations (failing to exercise intelligence or judgment): أَبْلَه (ʔablah) [masculine] (Arabic), سَخِيف (saḵīf) [masculine] (Arabic), 愚蠢 (yúchǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), dum (Danish), torsket (Danish), enfoldig (Danish), oerdom (Dutch), achterlijk (Dutch), typerä (Finnish), aasimainen (Finnish), asinin [masculine] (French), stupide [feminine, masculine] (French), dumm (German), dümmlich (German), dämlich (German), töricht (German), ostoba (Hungarian), 愚か (oroka) (Japanese), глуп (glup) [masculine] (Macedonian), toskete (Norwegian Bokmål), enfoldig (Norwegian Bokmål), stupid (Norwegian Bokmål), احمقانه (ahmaqâne) (Persian), debilny [masculine] (Polish), asinino (Portuguese), глу́пый (glúpyj) (Russian), деби́льный (debílʹnyj) (Russian), осли́ный (oslínyj) (Russian), estúpido (Spanish), åsnelik (Swedish), enfaldig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-asinine-en-adj-wVSGHPLz Disambiguation of Zoology: 35 65 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'failing to exercise intelligence or judgment': 99 1
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys. Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: donkeyish Translations (of or relating to a donkey): حِمَارِيّ (ḥimāriyy) [masculine] (Arabic), магарешки (magareški) (Bulgarian), ezelachtig (Dutch), aasi- (Finnish), aasin- (Finnish), aasimainen (Finnish), asinin (French), szamaras (Hungarian), szamárszerű (Hungarian), asinino [masculine] (Italian), asinīnus (Latin), мага́решки (magáreški) [masculine] (Macedonian), eselaktig (Norwegian Bokmål), ośli [masculine] (Polish), asinino (Portuguese), asnal (Portuguese), măgăresc (Romanian), осли́ный (oslínyj) (Russian), asnal (Spanish), asinino (Spanish), åsnelik (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: asinary [obsolete], assy [informal] Derived forms: asininely, asinineness, asininity Related terms: asinicide

Adjective [French]

IPA: /a.zi.nin/
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} asinine
  1. feminine singular of asinin Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: asinin
    Sense id: en-asinine-fr-adj-CQc0zEyQ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} asinine
  1. feminine plural of asinino Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: asinino
    Sense id: en-asinine-it-adj-vF64EG9d Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: asinīne [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=asinīne}} asinīne
  1. vocative masculine singular of asinīnus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: asinīnus
    Sense id: en-asinine-la-adj-a3UY~FqX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha, page 84:",
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          "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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          "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
          "word": "măgăresc"
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "愚蠢"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "dum"
    },
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "torsket"
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      "word": "enfoldig"
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "oerdom"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "achterlijk"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "typerä"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "aasimainen"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "asinin"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stupide"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "dumm"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "dümmlich"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "töricht"
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "ostoba"
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      "roman": "oroka",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "愚か"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "glup",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "toskete"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "enfoldig"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "stupid"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "ahmaqâne",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "احمقانه"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "debilny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "asinino"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "glúpyj",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "глу́пый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "деби́льный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "осли́ный"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "estúpido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "åsnelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "failing to exercise intelligence or judgment",
      "word": "enfaldig"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḥimāriyy",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "حِمَارِيّ"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "магарешки"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "ezelachtig"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "aasi-"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "aasimainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asinin"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "szamaras"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "szamárszerű"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asinino"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asinīnus"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "word": "eselaktig"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ośli"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asinino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "măgăresc"
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      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "осли́ный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asnal"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
      "word": "asinino"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a donkey",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "asinine"
}

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