retard

Etymology
From, from or , from , from , from  +.

Pronunciation

 * Noun (delay sense), Verb


 * Noun (offensive sense)

Noun

 * 1) Retardation; delay.
 * 2)  A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
 * 3)  A person with mental retardation.
 * 4)  A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.
 * 1)  A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.
 * 1)  A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.
 * 1)  A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.

Usage notes

 * Through the euphemism treadmill, the term retard (which originated as a then-neutral substitute for the terms that had previously designated those with disabilities, namely, , and ) has come to be offensive; see for more. In a 2003 survey by the BBC, retard was voted the most offensive word relating to disability, followed by.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: vertraging, vertragings
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Latvian: kavēšanās, vilcināšanās
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: vertraagde, vertraagdes, mongool, mongole
 * Finnish: henkisesti jälkeenjäänyt, see also Thesaurus:vammainen
 * French:
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian: ritardato mentale
 * Japanese: 知恵遅れ
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Yiddish: תּם


 * Afrikaans:, idiote, nool, nole
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,,
 * Dutch: mogool
 * Finnish:, , see also Thesaurus:vammainen,
 * French:
 * Korean:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Yiddish: תּם

Verb

 * 1)  To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.
 * 2)  To put off; to postpone.
 * 3)  To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
 * 4)  To decelerate; to slow down.
 * 5)  To stay back.
 * 1)  To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
 * 2)  To decelerate; to slow down.
 * 3)  To stay back.
 * 1)  To decelerate; to slow down.
 * 2)  To stay back.
 * 1)  To stay back.
 * 1)  To stay back.

Synonyms

 * ,, , ; See also Thesaurus:hinder
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:procrastinate
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:tarry
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:tarry

Translations

 * Afrikaans: vertraag
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Latvian: kavēt, vilcināt
 * Russian:


 * Afrikaans: uitstel
 * Finnish: siirtää tuonnemmaksi,
 * German: ,
 * Ido:
 * Latvian: jūgt ārā, jūgt nost
 * Russian:


 * Afrikaans: agterbly
 * German:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) delay

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) delay

Etymology
From, from the verb.

Noun

 * 1)  side in a clockwork to which the adjustment indicator must be set to make the clock go slower

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) delaying

Noun

 * 1) delay