idiote

See also: idiotē

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

idiote

1. inflection of idioot:
   1. indefinite masculine/feminine singular
   2. indefinite plural
   3. definite

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.djɔt/

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• Homophone: idiotes
• Hyphenation: i‧diote

Adjective

idiote

1. feminine singular of idiot

Noun

idiote f (plural idiotes)

1. female equivalent of idiot

Further reading

• “idiote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdjɔ.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔte
• Hyphenation: i‧diò‧te

Adjective

idiote

1. feminine plural of idiota

Noun

idiote f

1. plural of idiota

Anagrams

• etidio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.diˈoː.teː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.diˈɔː.te]
• Hyphenation: i‧di‧ō‧tē

Noun

idiōtē

1. ablative/vocative singular of idiōtēs

Latvian

Etymology

From idiots (“idiot”) +‎ -e (“fem.”).

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Noun

idiote f (5th declension, male equivalent idiots)

1. (female) idiot (woman with extremely serious problems in her mental development)

   idiote kopš bernības ― a (female) idiot from birth

2. (colloquial) (female) fool, stupid woman

   iemīlējusies idiote ― a (female) fool in love

   tu esi tāda idiote, bet es tevi tik un tā mīlu! ― you are such a (female) idiot, but I love you anyway

Declension

Declension of idiote (5th)

	singular	plural
nominative	idiote	idiotes
genitive	idiotes	idiošu
dative	idiotei	idiotēm
accusative	idioti	idiotes
instrumental	idioti	idiotēm
locative	idiotē	idiotēs
vocative	idiote	idiotes

Synonyms

• (of "mentally undeveloped"): debila (adjective), imbecila (adjective)
• (of "fool", "stupid"): duraks, muļķe, muļķadesa, nejēga, neprāte, stulbene

Related terms

• idiotija
• idiotisks

Middle English

Noun

idiote

1. alternative form of ydiote

Old French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swé

Proto-Indo-European *swéd-yo-s

Proto-Hellenic *hwédios

Ancient Greek ἴδιος (ídios)

Ancient Greek -ώτης (-ṓtēs)

Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs)

Latin idiotabor.

Old French idiote

Borrowed from Latin idiota

Adjective

idiote

1. feminine singular of idiot

Adjective

idiote m (oblique and nominative feminine singular idiote)

1. alternative form of idiot

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “idiot”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.