illiterate

Etymology
Recorded in English since 1556, from, , itself from + ,  (from , ).

Adjective

 * 1) Unable to read and write.
 * 2) Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
 * 3) Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
 * 4) Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.
 * economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate
 * 1) Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
 * 2) Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.
 * economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate
 * economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate

Translations

 * Arabic: أُمِّيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: savadsız
 * Bashkir: наҙан
 * Belarusian: няпісьме́нны, нягра́матны, неадукава́ны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, nevzdělaný
 * Danish: analfabetisk
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: წერა-კითხვის უცოდინარი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἀγράμματος
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, , írni-olvasni nem tudó
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: neamhliteartha
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 読み書きができない
 * Korean: 글을 모르다,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Macedonian: неписмен
 * Malay: tunaaksara, buta huruf
 * Maori: kū(w)are-ā-tuhi
 * Old English: unstæfwīs
 * Persian: بی‌سواد
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: нѐписмен
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: negramotný, nevzdelaný
 * Slovene: nepismen
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: dinulat, maang
 * Ukrainian: негра́мотний, неписьме́нний, неосві́чений, неодуко́ваний
 * Vietnamese:, ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: наҙан
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, kouluja käymätön
 * French:
 * German:, ungelehrt
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: ainléannta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 無学の
 * Malayalam: പഠിപ്പില്ലാത്ത, നിരക്ഷരനായ
 * Old English: unstæfwīs, unġelǣred
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian:
 * German:, ungelehrt
 * Greek:
 * Russian: ,


 * Italian: ,
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how.
 * 2) A person ignorant about a given subject.
 * The government is run by business illiterates.
 * The government is run by business illiterates.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 文盲
 * Eastern Min: 青盲牛
 * Hakka: 文盲
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Wu: 亮眼瞎子
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 非識字者
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Malayalam: നിരക്ഷരൻ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: analfabet
 * Persian: بی‌سواد
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: