"cretin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹɛtɪn/ [UK], /ˈkɹiːtɪn/ [US], /ˈkɹɛtɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cretin.wav [Southern-England], En-us-cretin.oga [US] Forms: cretins [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪn, (US) -iːtɪn Etymology: From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), likely from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Latin christiānus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰrey-}}, {{bor|en|fr|crétin||cretin, idiot}} French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), {{m|fr|crestin}} crestin, {{m|fr|chrétien}} chrétien, {{der|en|la|christiānus}} Latin christiānus, {{doublet|en|Christian}} Doublet of Christian Head templates: {{en-noun}} cretin (plural cretins)
  1. (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. Categories (topical): Pathology Translations (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism): cretí [masculine] (Catalan), cretina [feminine] (Catalan), kretén [masculine] (Czech), cretin [masculine] (Dutch), kretiini (Finnish), crétin [masculine] (French), Kretin [masculine] (German), κρετίνος (kretínos) [masculine] (Greek), kretén (Hungarian), kretino (Ido), creitín [masculine] (Irish), kretinas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kretyn [masculine] (Polish), cretin [masculine] (Romanian), cretină [feminine] (Romanian), крети́н (kretín) [masculine] (Russian), крѐте̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), krètēn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kreten (Turkish), крети́н (kretýn) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cretin-en-noun-x-LtXFbx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism': 100 0
  2. (by extension, derogatory) An idiot. Tags: broadly, derogatory Translations (pejorative: an idiot): крэці́н (krecín) [masculine] (Belarusian), крэты́н (kretýn) [masculine] (Belarusian), крете́н (kretén) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cretí [masculine] (Catalan), crétin [masculine] (French), კრეტინი (ḳreṭini) (Georgian), Kretin [masculine] (German), κρετίνος (kretínos) [masculine] (Greek), ηλίθιος (ilíthios) [masculine] (Greek), kretén (Hungarian), kretinacho (Ido), cretino [masculine] (Italian), kretinas [masculine] (Lithuanian), крете́н (kretén) [masculine] (Macedonian), kretyn [masculine] (Polish), kretynka [feminine] (Polish), cretino (Portuguese), cretin [masculine] (Romanian), cretină [feminine] (Romanian), крети́н (kretín) [masculine] (Russian), крети́нка (kretínka) [feminine] (Russian), крѐте̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), krètēn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kritin [plural] (Slovak), cretino [masculine] (Spanish), cretina [feminine] (Spanish), крети́н (kretýn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), крети́нка (kretýnka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cretin-en-noun-TWiAC92j Disambiguation of 'pejorative: an idiot': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cretinism, cretinize, cretinoid, cretinous

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French crétin, from Latin Christianus; doublet of the inherited creștin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|crétin|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French crétin, {{bor+|ro|fr|crétin}} Borrowed from French crétin, {{der|ro|la|Christianus}} Latin Christianus, {{doublet|ro|creștin|notext=1}} creștin Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|cretini}} cretin m (plural cretini) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=cretinilor|gpi=cretini|gsd=cretinului|gsi=cretin|n=|npd=cretinii|npi=cretini|nsd=cretinul|nsi=cretin|vp=cretinilor|vs=cretinule|vs2=}} Forms: cretini [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cretin [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un cretin [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], cretinul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], cretini [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște cretini [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], cretinii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], cretin [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui cretin [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], cretinului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], cretini [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor cretini [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], cretinilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], cretinule [singular, vocative], cretinilor [plural, vocative]
  1. idiot Tags: masculine Synonyms: idiot, prost, tâmpit
    Sense id: en-cretin-ro-noun-SPq3pWR5 Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "კრეტინი"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "Christianus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Christianus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "creștin",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "creștin",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French crétin, from Latin Christianus; doublet of the inherited creștin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cretini",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un cretin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretinul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște cretini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretinii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui cretin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretinului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor cretini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretinilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretinule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cretinilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "cretini"
      },
      "expansion": "cretin m (plural cretini)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "cretinilor",
        "gpi": "cretini",
        "gsd": "cretinului",
        "gsi": "cretin",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "cretinii",
        "npi": "cretini",
        "nsd": "cretinul",
        "nsi": "cretin",
        "vp": "cretinilor",
        "vs": "cretinule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian doublets",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian masculine nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "idiot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "idiot"
        },
        {
          "word": "prost"
        },
        {
          "word": "tâmpit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cretin"
}

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