"deficiente" meaning in Italian

See deficiente in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: deficienti [plural], deficente [alternative, misspelling]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēficientem. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:bor|la:deficiens<alt:dēficientem>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "dēficientem", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "deficiens", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "deficiente", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="deficiente">, {{bor+|it|la|deficiens|dēficientem}} Borrowed from Latin dēficientem Head templates: {{it-adj}} deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficienti)
  1. (followed by di) deficient (in) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-deficiente-it-adj-1Vofr~IB Categories (other): Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 21 24 28 27
  2. half-witted Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-deficiente-it-adj-MBvNCAYT Categories (other): Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 21 24 28 27

Noun

Forms: deficienti [plural], deficente [alternative, misspelling]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēficientem. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:bor|la:deficiens<alt:dēficientem>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "dēficientem", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "deficiens", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "deficiente", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="deficiente">, {{bor+|it|la|deficiens|dēficientem}} Borrowed from Latin dēficientem Head templates: {{it-noun|mfbysense}} deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficienti)
  1. half-wit Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-deficiente-it-noun-sFWIm8Sf Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Italian entries referencing missing etymons, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 13 1 4 26 6 11 5 6 5 22 2 0 Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 18 11 58 13 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 6 0 88 6 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 67 13 Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 21 24 28 27
  2. moron, clot Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-deficiente-it-noun-iv8GIPgT Categories (other): Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 21 24 28 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: deficienza

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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