"cretin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹɛtɪn/ [UK], /ˈkɹiːtɪn/ [US], /ˈkɹɛtɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cretin.wav , En-us-cretin.oga 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”), {{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), cretino [masculine] (Portuguese), 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)
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  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: cretinic, cretinism, cretinize, cretinoid, cretinous

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cretí"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kretén"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cretin"
    },
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      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "word": "kretiini"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crétin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kretin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κρετίνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "word": "kretén"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "word": "kretino"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "creitín"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kretinas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kretyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cretino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cretin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cretină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kretín",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крети́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крѐте̄н"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "word": "kreten"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kretýn",
      "sense": "person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крети́н"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "krecín",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "крэці́н"
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kretýn",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "крэты́н"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kretén",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крете́н"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cretí"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crétin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳreṭini",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "word": "კრეტინი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kretin"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kretínos",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κρετίνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ilíthios",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ηλίθιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "word": "kretén"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "word": "kretinacho"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cretino"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kretinas"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kretén",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крете́н"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kretyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kretynka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "word": "cretino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cretin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cretină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kretín",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крети́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kretínka",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крети́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крѐте̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krètēn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kritin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cretino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "cretina"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kretýn",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крети́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kretýnka",
      "sense": "pejorative: an idiot",
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      "word": "крети́нка"
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}

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