moron

See also mörön

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μωρός (moros, “foolish, dull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɔrɒn/

Noun

moron (plural morons)

1. (obsolete) A person of borderline intelligence in the former classification of mental retardation, having of an intelligence quotient of 50-69.
2. (informal) A person who makes uncool, unfunny, uninteresting, or irrelevant (see lame) attempts to impress others and draw attention to himself, especially in a flawed attempt to act like someone else.
3. (slang) An idiot.

Usage notes

Though originally a psychological, clinical, and medical term, it is currently used as a pejorative term against someone perceived as stupid. Current term for having an IQ between 50 and 69 is mild mental retardation.

Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:fool
• Wikisaurus:idiot

Derived terms

• moronic
• moronism

Related terms

• oxymoron
• sophomore

Translations

person of borderline intelligence

• Bengali: বোকা (bn) (boka)
• Catalan: imbècil (ca) m and f, retardat (ca)
• Danish: debil (da) person
• Dutch: idioot (nl), mongool (nl)
• Finnish: lievästi (fi) kehitysvammainen (fi)
• French: attardé (fr), crétin (fr) m
• German: Schwachsinniger (de) m, Schwachkopf (de) m

• Greek: καθυστερημένος (el) (kathysteriménos)
• Hungarian: gyengeelméjű
• Japanese: 低能者 (ja) (ていのうしゃ, teinōsha), 間抜け (ja) (まぬけ, manuke), 頓痴気 (ja) (とんちき, tonchiki)
• Portuguese: retardado (pt), débil mental (pt)
• Russian: дебил (ru) (debíl) m, придурок (ru) (pridúrok) m, кретин (ru) (kretín) m
• Spanish: retrasado (es) m, retrasada (es) f

person who makes uncool attempts to impress others

• Catalan: imbècil (ca) m and f, subnormal (ca) m and f, retardat (ca), idiota (ca) m and f
• Danish: tåbe (da) c
• Dutch: mogool (nl), mongol (nl)
• Finnish: hölmö (fi), tollo (fi)
• German: Schwachkopf m, Trottel m, Depp m
• Greek: βλαμμένος (el) (vlamménos), κρετίνος (el) (kretinos) m

• Hungarian: hülye (hu)
• Portuguese: babaca (pt), otário (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: budala (sh) f
• Spanish: subnormal (es) m and f, retrasado (es) m, retardado (es) m, débil mental (es) m and f, imbécil (es) m and f, idiota (es) m and f, baboso (es) m
• Turkish: moron (tr)

idiot — see idiot

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: imbecille, idiota
• Italian: cretino m, deficiente m, idiota m, imbecille m, stupido m

• Korean: 바보 (babo) (1,2)
• Portuguese: retardado m, débil mental m, f, imbecil m, f, idiota m, f
• Romanian: retardat m, retardată f, tâmpit m, tâmpită f, imbecil m, imbecilă f, idiot m, idioată f

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [moɾˈon]
• Hyphenation: mo‧ron

Adjective

moron (comparative daha moron, superlative en moron)

1. fool, stupid, idiot, moronic

Noun

moron (definite accusative moronu, plural moronlar)

1. a moron

   Bir morona aşık oldum. — I fell in love with a moron.

Declension

declension of moron

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	moron	moronlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	moronu	moronları
dative (yönelme)	morona	moronlara
locative (bulunma)	moronda	moronlarda
ablative (çıkma)	morondan	moronlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	moronun	moronların

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Welsh

Noun

moron f (singular moronen)

1. carrot