innocent

English

Etymology

Latin in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

innocent (comparative more innocent, superlative most innocent)

1. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
2. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
3. Naive; artless.
4. Harmless in intent.
5. (with of) Having no knowledge (of something).
6. (with of) Lacking (something).

Synonyms

• (free from blame or guilt): sackless
• (free from sin): pure, untainted
• See also Wikisaurus:naive

Antonyms

• (bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act): guilty, nocent

Related terms

• innocence
• innocently

Translations

pure, free from sin, untainted

Chinese: Mandarin: 無猜 (zh), 无猜 (zh) (wúcāi) Finnish: viaton (fi) Hungarian: ártatlan (hu)

Japanese: 無邪気な (ja) (むじゃきな, mujaki-na) Russian: невинный (ru) (nevínnyj) Spanish: inocente (es) Turkish: suçsuz (tr)

not legally responsible for a wrongful act

Chinese: Mandarin: 無辜 (zh), 无辜 (zh) (wúgū), 無罪 (zh), 无罪 (zh) (wúzuì) Finnish: syytön (fi) French: innocent (fr) German: unschuldig (de) Hungarian: ártatlan (hu)

Japanese: 無罪の (ja) (むざいの, muzai-no) Luxembourgish: onschëlleg (lb) Russian: невиновный (ru) (nevinóvnyj) Scottish Gaelic: neo-chiontach (gd) Turkish: suçsuz (tr)

naive, artless

Finnish: viaton (fi), harmiton (fi) Hungarian: ártatlan (hu)

Russian: невинный (ru) (nevínnyj)

harmlessm in intent

Finnish: viaton (fi) Hungarian: ártalmatlan (hu)

Russian: невинный (ru) (nevínnyj)

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Catalan: innocent Croatian: nȅvīn (hr), nȅdūžan (hr) Czech: nevinný m. Esperanto: senkulpa German: unschuldig Hebrew: טהור (he) (tahór) Ido: nekulpabla

Interlingua: innocente Italian: innocente m. and f. Portuguese: inocente Scottish Gaelic: ionraic, maoth, neo-choireach, socharach Slovene: nedolžen m., nedolžna f., nedolžno n. Spanish: inocente

Noun

innocent (plural innocents)

1. Those who are innocent; young children.

   The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

innocent m. and f. (plural innocents)

1. innocent

Related terms

• innocència
• innocentada

See also

• El dia dels innocents on the Catalan Wikipedia.ca.Wikipedia:El dia dels innocents

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /i.nɔ.sɑ̃/, SAMPA: /i.nO.sA~/

Adjective

innocent m. (f. innocente, m. plural innocents, f. plural innocentes)

1. innocent

Related terms

• innocemment
• innocence
• innocenter