ignorant

See also Ignorant

English

Alternative forms

• ignoraunt (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ignorant (comparative ignoranter or more ignorant, superlative ignorantest or most ignorant)

1. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
2. (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.

   His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:ignorant

Derived terms

• ignorantly

Related terms

• ignorable
• ignoramus
• ignorance
• ignore

Translations

characterized by ignorance

• Albanian: injorant (sq)
• Asturian: inorante (ast)
• Catalan: ignorant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無知 (cmn), 无知 (cmn) (wúzhī)

• Dutch: onwetend, ignorant (nl)
• Finnish: tietämätön (fi)
• French: ignorant (fr)
• Galician: ignorante (gl)
• German: ignorant (de)
• Greek: αδαής (el) (adaís)
• Hungarian: tudatlan (hu), tájékozatlan (hu)
• Indonesian: bebal (id)

• Italian: ignorante (it)
• Japanese: 無知 (ja) (muchi)
• Jèrriais: innouothant
• Kurdish: نه‌زان (ku)/nezan (ku)
• Norwegian Bokmål: uvitende (nb)
• Occitan: ignorant (oc)
• Polish: ignorancki (pl)
• Portuguese: ignorante (pt) m and f
• Romanian: ignorant (ro) m and n
• Russian: невежественный (ru) (nevežestvennyj), необразованный (ru) (neobrazovannyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainfhiosach (gd), ainfhiosrach (gd)
• Spanish: ignorante (es)
• Swedish: ovetande (sv), okunnig (sv)

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• Spanish: inculto

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Catalan

Verb

ignorant

1. Present participle of ignorar.

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Czech

Noun

ignorant m

1. ignoramus

Related terms

• ignorovat

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Dutch

Adjective

ignorant (comparative ignoranter, superlative ignorantst)

1. ignorant

Declension

Declension of ignorant

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		ignorant	ignoranter
neuter singular	indefinite	ignorant	ignoranter
	definite	ignorante	ignorantere	ignorantste	ignorantst, ignorantste
common singular		ignorante	ignorantere	ignorantste	ignorantste
plural		ignorante	ignorantere	ignorantste	ignorantste
partitive		ignorants	ignoranters

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

ignorant

1. Present participle of ignorer.

Adjective

ignorant m (feminine ignorante, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantes)

1. ignorant

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German

Adjective

ignorant (comparative ignoranter, superlative am ignorantesten)

1. ignorant

Declension

positive forms of ignorant

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist ignorant	sie ist ignorant	es ist ignorant	sie sind ignorant
strong declension (without article)	nominative	ignoranter	ignorante	ignorantes	ignorante
	genitive	ignoranten	ignoranter	ignoranten	ignoranter
	dative	ignorantem	ignoranter	ignorantem	ignoranten
	accusative	ignoranten	ignorante	ignorantes	ignorante
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der ignorante	die ignorante	das ignorante	die ignoranten
	genitive	des ignoranten	der ignoranten	des ignoranten	der ignoranten
	dative	dem ignoranten	der ignoranten	dem ignoranten	den ignoranten
	accusative	den ignoranten	die ignorante	das ignorante	die ignoranten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein ignoranter	eine ignorante	ein ignorantes	(keine) ignoranten
	genitive	eines ignoranten	einer ignoranten	eines ignoranten	(keiner) ignoranten
	dative	einem ignoranten	einer ignoranten	einem ignoranten	(keinen) ignoranten
	accusative	einen ignoranten	eine ignorante	ein ignorantes	(keine) ignoranten

comparative forms of ignorant

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist ignoranter	sie ist ignoranter	es ist ignoranter	sie sind ignoranter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	ignoranterer	ignorantere	ignoranteres	ignorantere
	genitive	ignoranteren	ignoranterer	ignoranteren	ignoranterer
	dative	ignoranterem	ignoranterer	ignoranterem	ignoranteren
	accusative	ignoranteren	ignorantere	ignoranteres	ignorantere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der ignorantere	die ignorantere	das ignorantere	die ignoranteren
	genitive	des ignoranteren	der ignoranteren	des ignoranteren	der ignoranteren
	dative	dem ignoranteren	der ignoranteren	dem ignoranteren	den ignoranteren
	accusative	den ignoranteren	die ignorantere	das ignorantere	die ignoranteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein ignoranterer	eine ignorantere	ein ignoranteres	(keine) ignoranteren
	genitive	eines ignoranteren	einer ignoranteren	eines ignoranteren	(keiner) ignoranteren
	dative	einem ignoranteren	einer ignoranteren	einem ignoranteren	(keinen) ignoranteren
	accusative	einen ignoranteren	eine ignorantere	ein ignoranteres	(keine) ignoranteren

superlative forms of ignorant

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am ignorantesten	sie ist am ignorantesten	es ist am ignorantesten	sie sind am ignorantesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	ignorantester	ignoranteste	ignorantestes	ignoranteste
	genitive	ignorantesten	ignorantester	ignorantesten	ignorantester
	dative	ignorantestem	ignorantester	ignorantestem	ignorantesten
	accusative	ignorantesten	ignoranteste	ignorantestes	ignoranteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der ignoranteste	die ignoranteste	das ignoranteste	die ignorantesten
	genitive	des ignorantesten	der ignorantesten	des ignorantesten	der ignorantesten
	dative	dem ignorantesten	der ignorantesten	dem ignorantesten	den ignorantesten
	accusative	den ignorantesten	die ignoranteste	das ignoranteste	die ignorantesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein ignorantester	eine ignoranteste	ein ignorantestes	(keine) ignorantesten
	genitive	eines ignorantesten	einer ignorantesten	eines ignorantesten	(keiner) ignorantesten
	dative	einem ignorantesten	einer ignorantesten	einem ignorantesten	(keinen) ignorantesten
	accusative	einen ignorantesten	eine ignoranteste	ein ignorantestes	(keine) ignorantesten

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Latin

Verb

īgnōrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of īgnōrō

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /iɡnǒrant/
• Hyphenation: ig‧no‧rant

Noun

ignòrant m (Cyrillic spelling игно̀рант)

1. ignorant

Declension

    declension of ignorant

	singular	plural
nominative	ignòrant	ignoranti
genitive	ignoranta	ignòranātā
dative	ignorantu	ignorantima
accusative	ignoranta	ignorante
vocative	ignorante	ignoranti
locative	ignorantu	ignorantima
instrumental	ignorantom	ignorantima