idiot

Etymology
From, , from (later ), from , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1)  A person of low general intelligence.
 * 2)  A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Usage notes

 * While pejorative, the word is only a weak insult, and between close friends or family members it may be used affectionately.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:idiot

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: أَحْمَق, غَبِيّ, مُغَفَّل
 * Hijazi Arabic: غَبي, أهْبَل, ْأبْلَه, سَبَك
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Basque: ergel
 * Belarusian: ду́рань, ідыёт, ідыётка
 * Bengali:, বেক্কল
 * Bikol Central: ,
 * Bulgarian:, , идио́тка, , , глупа́чка
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chichewa: chitsiru
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 死蠢, 白痴, 戇鳩
 * Mandarin:, , , , , ,
 * Czech:, idiotka
 * Danish:, nar, fjols
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: idioto
 * Estonian: idioot
 * Finnish:, , , törttö, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, , mascato, , doudo, pallouco, lores, , , , marmeco, láparo, inteño, miñoto, bouto, idiota
 * Georgian: იდიოტი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: βλάξ
 * Gujarati: ડોબું, મૂર્ખ, મૂઢ
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:, बुद्धू, , बेवक़ूफ़
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: hálviti,, , skynskiptingur (obsolete)
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: durakka, vohma, hapalka, oolo, tuhkuri, tuhkapää, tuhkapussi, foofana, bolvana
 * Irish: amadán, dúramán
 * Italian:, squasimodeo
 * Japanese:, , , 戯け者
 * Kazakh: ақымақ, идиот
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 백치(白癡)(白痴),, , ,
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Ladin: totl, musciat
 * Lao: ຄົນບັດຊົບ, ຄົນໂງ່, ໂງ່
 * Latin: blennus, idiota, fungus
 * Latvian: idiots, idiote,, muļķe,
 * Lithuanian: idiotas
 * Luhya: omsilu
 * Macedonian: абдал, идио́т, идио́тка
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കണ്ണാപ്പി, പൊട്ട​ൻ
 * Manx: thoot
 * Maori: hukehuke, heahea, rorirori, pōhauhau, hākawa
 * Middle English: sot
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: эргүү тэнэг, ,
 * Ngazidja Comorian: ɗaɓa
 * Norman: peûle
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: idiot
 * Old English: unwita
 * Ottoman Turkish: طوی
 * Persian:, , , ,
 * Plautdietsch: Eefelt, Dommajon
 * Polish:, , , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਮੂਰਖ
 * Romanian:, , idioți, idioate
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Sanskrit:, , ,
 * Scots: stookie
 * Scottish Gaelic: amadan, òinseach, burraidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: идѝот, идѝоткиња
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: idiot, idiotka
 * Slovene: idiot, tepec
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:, tanga, ungas
 * Tajik: ,
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: వెధవ
 * Thai: คนโง่, ไอ้งั่ง, คนโง่เง่า, คนบ้า, คนปัญญาอ่อน, ,
 * Turkish:, , , geri zekalı, , ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian: ідіо́т, ідіо́тка, ,
 * Urdu: مورکھ, بیوقوف, الو, بدھو
 * Uyghur: ئەخمەق
 * Uzbek: idiot,
 * Vietnamese: thằng ngốc, thằng ngu
 * Volapük:,  hidiotan,  jidiotan
 * Welsh: twpsyn,
 * Yiddish: אידיאָט


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Greek: ,
 * Latvian: idiots, idiote
 * Persian:

Noun

 * 1)   disliked or slow-witted person
 * 2)  person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old
 * 1)  person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  an, imbecile, fool

Etymology
From (cf. also the older form ), borrowed from, from  from.

Adjective

 * 1) idiotic; stupid

Noun

 * 1) idiot

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  an, imbecile, fool

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  an, imbecile, fool

Etymology
Borrowed from, from from.

Adjective

 * 1) ignorant; narrow-minded

Usage notes

 * The form was sometimes used as both masculine and feminine, as a direct borrowing from Latin.

Etymology
, itself borrowed from, from from.

Noun

 * , moron, imbecile

Adjective

 * 1) stupid, idiotic, foolish, absurd

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  idiot

Etymology
From, from.