retard

English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardāre (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”)

Pronunciation

Noun (delay sense), verb

• (UK) IPA: /rɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /rI"tA:(r)d/
• (US) IPA: /rɪˈtɑɹd/, SAMPA: /rI"tArd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)d

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Noun (offensive slang sense)

• (UK) IPA: /ˈriːtɑː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /"ri:tA:(r)d/
• (US) enPR: rēʹtɑrd, IPA: /riːtɑɹd/, SAMPA: /ri:tArd/

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Noun

retard (plural retards)

1. retardation; delay
2. (offensive slang) a person with mental retardation
3. (offensive slang) a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn

Synonyms

• (retardation): delay, hold-up, retardation
• (person with mental retardation): idiot, tard (offensive), imbecile (disused medical term), mental deficient (legal term), moron (disused medical term), person with learning difficulties
• (stupid person): See also Wikisaurus:fool

Translations

retardation; delay

Afrikaans: vertraging (af), vertragings (af) pl. Finnish: viive (fi), hidaste (fi)

French: retard (fr) Russian: замедление (ru) (zm'edl'énije) n., задержка (ru) (zad'éržka) f.

a person with mental retardation

Afrikaans: vertraagde (af), vertraagdes (af), mongool (af), mongole (af) pl. Finnish: henkisesti jälkeenjäänyt, jälkeenjäänyt

French: retardé (fr) Russian: дебил (ru) (d'ebíl) m.

a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn

Afrikaans: idioot (af), idiote (af), nool (af), nole (af) pl. Dutch: mogool (nl) Finnish: idiootti (fi), vähä-älyinen (fi), kehari (fi)

French: attardé (fr) Korean: 병신 (ko) (pyeongsin) Russian: тормоз (ru) (tórmoz) m.

Verb

retard (third-person singular simple present retards, present participle retarding, simple past and past participle retarded)

1. (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder

   retard the march of an army

   retard the motion of a ship

2. (transitive) To put off; to postpone.

   to retard the attacks of old age

   to retard a rupture between nations

3. (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
4. (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To stay back.

Synonyms

• (keep delaying; continue to hinder): decelerate, hinder, slow, slow down
• (postpone): postpone, put off
• (stay back): hang back, stay back

Antonyms

• (keep delaying; continue to hinder): accelerate, speed, speed up
• (postpone):
• (stay back): come forward

Translations

keep delaying; impede; etc

Afrikaans: vertraag (af) Finnish: hidastaa (fi), viivyttää (fi), jarruttaa (fi)

Russian: задерживать (ru)

put off; postpone

Afrikaans: uitstel (af)

Finnish: siirtää tuonnemmaksi, lykätä

stay back

Afrikaans: agterbly (af)

Derived terms

• retarded

Anagrams

• darter
• tarred
• trader

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French

Etymology

From the verb retarder

Pronunciation

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Noun

retard m. (plural retards)

1. delay

Derived terms

• en retard

References

• IQ Basics, including formerly used medical terms for people with very low IQs

Anagrams

• tarder
• trader