oblivious

English

Etymology

From Latin obliviosus (“forgetful, oblivious”)

Adjective

oblivious (comparative more oblivious, superlative most oblivious)

1. (usually followed by to or of) Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware.
2. Failing to remember; forgetful.

Related terms

• oblivion
• oblivious transfer

Translations

unaware

• Catalan: inconscient (ca), ignorant (ca)
• Danish: uvidende (da) n
• Dutch: onoplettend (nl)
• Finnish: tietämätön (fi)
• French: ignorant (fr), inconscient (fr)
• German: (rare) selbstvergessen (de)

• Japanese: 無自覚 (ja) (mujikaku)
• Latin: obliviosus (la)
• Maori: mākūare (mi)
• Spanish: inconsciente, desprevenido
• Turkish: dikkatsiz (tr), habersiz (tr), ilgisiz (tr), ihmâlci (tr), ihmâlkâr (tr)
• Vietnamese: tỉnh bơ

failing to remember

• Catalan: oblidós (ca), oblidadís (ca)
• Dutch: vergeetachtig (nl)
• Finnish: unohtavainen (fi)
• French: distrait (fr), oublieux (fr)
• German: vergesslich (de)

• Latin: obliviosus (la)
• Spanish: olvidadizo (es)
• Swedish: glömsk (sv)
• Turkish: unutarak (tr), unutkan (tr)
• Vietnamese: hay quên