idiot

(mildly vulgar) idiot (disliked or slow-witted person)

idiot (person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old)

cs-noun

idiot m anim (female equivalent idiotka)

idiotka (feminine)
idiot (nominative singular)
idioti (nominative plural)
idiotové (nominative plural)
idiota (genitive singular)
idiotů (genitive plural)
idiotovi (dative singular)
idiotu (dative singular)
idiotům (dative plural)
idiota (accusative singular)
idioty (accusative plural)
idiote (singular vocative)
idioti (plural vocative)
idiotové (plural vocative)
idiotovi (locative singular)
idiotu (locative singular)
idiotech (locative plural)
idiotem (instrumental singular)
idioty (instrumental plural)


idiot

(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.

We think that people who cycle without a helmet are idiots.

(derogatory) A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

Idiots were thought to be peculiarly under the care of the Deity, and it was believed that those who treated them kindly would be blessed.

1896, Clifton Johnson, “Folks”, in What They Say in New England (non-fiction), Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Lee and Shepard Publishers, page 105:

It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile.

1956, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part I, section 7”, in Sexual Offences Act 1956, page 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.

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 450a. Absence of intellect

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 499. Imbecility

идиот

From Middle English idiote, ydiote, 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”). Doublet of idiota.


idiot

en-adj

idiot (comparative more idiot, superlative most idiot)

more idiot (comparative)
most idiot (superlative)


idiot

fr-adj

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

idiote (feminine)
idiots (masculine plural)
idiotes (feminine plural)

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


idiot

fr-noun

idiot m (plural idiots, feminine idiote)

→ Polish: idiota


idiot

idioten (definite singular)
idioter (indefinite plural)
idiotene (definite plural)


idiot

idioten (definite singular)
idiotar (indefinite plural)
idiotane (definite plural)


idiot

head

idiot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular idiote)

idiote (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: idiot

French: idiot

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


idiot

ro-noun

idiot m (plural idioți, feminine equivalent idioată)

idioți (plural)
equivalent idioată (feminine)
idiot (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un idiot (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
idiotul (accusative definite nominative singular)
idioți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște idioți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
idioții (accusative definite nominative plural)
idiot (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui idiot (dative genitive indefinite singular)
idiotului (dative definite genitive singular)
idioți (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor idioți (dative genitive indefinite plural)
idioților (dative definite genitive plural)
idiotule (singular vocative)
idioților (plural vocative)

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


idiot

ro-adj

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

idioată (feminine singular)
idioți (masculine plural)
idioate (feminine neuter plural)
idiot (accusative indefinite masculine neuter nominative singular)
idioată (accusative feminine indefinite nominative singular)
idioți (accusative indefinite masculine nominative plural)
idioate (accusative feminine indefinite neuter nominative plural)
idiotul (accusative definite masculine neuter nominative singular)
idioata (accusative definite feminine nominative singular)
idioții (accusative definite masculine nominative plural)
idioatele (accusative definite feminine neuter nominative plural)
idiot (dative genitive indefinite masculine neuter singular)
idioate (dative feminine genitive indefinite singular)
idioți (dative genitive indefinite masculine plural)
idioate (dative feminine genitive indefinite neuter plural)
idiotului (dative definite genitive masculine neuter singular)
idioatei (dative definite feminine genitive singular)
idioților (dative definite genitive masculine plural)
idioatelor (dative definite feminine genitive neuter plural)


idiot

idìot (canonical masculine)
идѝот (Cyrillic)
idiot (nominative singular)
idioti (nominative plural)
idiota (genitive singular)
idiota (genitive plural)
idiotu (dative singular)
idiotima (dative plural)
idiota (accusative singular)
idiote (accusative plural)
idiote (singular vocative)
idioti (plural vocative)
idiotu (locative singular)
idiotima (locative plural)
idiotom (instrumental singular)
idiotima (instrumental plural)

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


idiot

sk-noun

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

idiota (genitive singular)
idioti (nominative plural)
idiotov (genitive plural)
chlap (declension-pattern-of)
idiot (nominative singular)
idioti (nominative plural)
idiota (genitive singular)
idiotov (genitive plural)
idiotovi (dative singular)
idiotom (dative plural)
idiota (accusative singular)
idiotov (accusative plural)
idiotovi (locative singular)
idiotoch (locative plural)
idiotom (instrumental singular)
idiotmi (instrumental plural)

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


idiot

Din idiot

Vilka idioter

idiot (indefinite nominative singular)
idioten (definite nominative singular)
idioter (indefinite nominative plural)
idioterna (definite nominative plural)
idiots (genitive indefinite singular)
idiotens (definite genitive singular)
idioters (genitive indefinite plural)
idioternas (definite genitive plural)

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”).