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[edit] Etymology
fool + -ish
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
foolish (comparative more foolish, superlative most foolish)
- (of a person, an action, etc.) lacking good sense or judgement; unwise
- Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
- Being foolish once in a while does not make one a foolish person.
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[edit] Translations
lacking good sense or judgement; unwise
- Arabic: أحمق (ar) (ʾáḥmaq)
- Armenian: հիմար (hy) (himar), տխմար (hy) (txmar), ապուշ (hy) (apuš)
- Bengali: মূর্খ (bn) (murkhô)
- Bulgarian: неразумен (bg) m., глупав (bg) m.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 笨 (zh) (bèn), 傻 (zh) (shǎ), 蠢 (zh) (chǔn), 愚蠢的 (zh) (yúchǔn de)
- Czech: pošetilý (cs) m.
- Dutch: onverstandig (nl)
- Esperanto: malsaĝa (eo)
- French: sot (fr), stupide (fr), bête (fr)
- German: dumm (de), töricht (de), närrisch (de)
- Hebrew: מטופש (he) (metupásh) m., טיפשי (he) (tipshí) m.
- Hindi: मूढ़ (hi) (mūṛha)
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- Japanese: 愚かな (ja) (おろかな, oroka-na), 馬鹿げた (ja) (ばかげた, bakageta), 馬鹿な (ja) (ばかな, baka-na)
- Korean: 어리석다 (ko) (eoriseokda), 둔하다 (ko) (dun-hada)
- Latvian: muļķīgs (lv)
- Lithuanian: kvailas (lt), neprotingas (lt)
- Persian: احمق (fa) (ahmaq)
- Polish: niemądry (pl)
- Portuguese: idiota (pt)
- Russian: глупый (ru) (glúpyj), дурацкий (ru) (duráckij), дурной (ru) (durnój), идиотский (ru) (idiótskij)
- Scottish Gaelic: amaideach (gd)
- Slovene: norec (sl) m., neumnež (sl) m.
- Spanish: tonto (es), necio (es)
- Telugu: మూర్ఖ (te) (moorkha), పిచ్చి (te) (pichchi)
- Urdu: مورھ (ur) (mūṛha)
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resembling or characteristic of a fool
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