moron

See also: Moron, Morón, morón, mörön, Mörön, and Moroń

English

Etymology

Coined by psychologist Henry H. Goddard in 1910, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹɒn/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɒn

Noun

moron (plural morons)

1. (informal, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot

2. (psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

   Synonym: feeble-minded

Usage notes

• The current medical term for having an IQ between 50 and 70 is “mild intellectual disability”.

Derived terms

• Baltimoron
• momo
• moronic
• moronicity
• moron in a hurry
• moronism
• moronocracy

 

Related terms

• oxymoron
• sophomore

Descendants

• → French: moron
• → Turkish: moron

Translations

person of borderline intelligence

• Bengali: বোকা (bn) (bōka)
• Bulgarian: слабоумен (bg) m (slaboumen), дебил (bg) m (debil)
• Catalan: imbècil (ca) m or f, retardat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白痴 (zh) (báichī)

• Danish: debil (da) person
• Dutch: debiel (nl)
• Finnish: lievästi kehitysvammainen, debiili (fi)
• French: attardé (fr), crétin (fr) m, demeuré (fr) m
• German: Schwachsinniger (de) m, Schwachkopf (de) m
• Greek: καθυστερημένος (el) (kathysteriménos)

  Ancient Greek: βλάξ m (bláx)

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• Hungarian: gyengeelméjű (hu)
• Indonesian: bahlul bego (id)
• Italian: imbecille (it) m, cretino (it) m, stupido (it) m, deficiente (it) m, babbeo (it) m, idiota (it) m, ritardato (it) m, mongoloide (it) m, squasimodeo m
• Japanese: 低能者 (ていのうしゃ, teinōsha), 間抜け (ja) (まぬけ, manuke), 頓痴気 (とんちき, tonchiki)
• Maori: tūtae tara (Derogatory)
• Polish: debil (pl) m, przygłup (pl), bezmózg, bałwan (pl) m
• Portuguese: retardado (pt), débil mental (pt)
• Russian: деби́л (ru) m (debíl), приду́рок (ru) m (pridúrok), крети́н (ru) m (kretín), отморо́зок (ru) m (otmorózok), моро́н (ru) m (morón) (rare)
• Spanish: retrasado (es) m, retrasada (es) f, morón (es) (Panamá, Puerto Rico)

person who makes uncool attempts to impress others

• Catalan: imbècil (ca) m or f, subnormal (ca) m or f, retardat, idiota (ca) m or f
• Danish: tåbe c
• Dutch: mogool, mongol (nl)
• Finnish: hölmö (fi), tollo (fi)
• French: andouille (fr) f
• German: Schwachkopf (de) m, Trottel (de) m, Depp (de) m
• Greek: βλαμμένος (el) (vlamménos), κρετίνος (el) m (kretínos)
• Hungarian: hülye (hu)
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• Indonesian: sontoloyo (id)
• Portuguese: babaca (pt), otário (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: буда̀ла f

  Roman: budàla (sh) f

• Spanish: subnormal (es) m or f, retrasado (es) m, retardado (es) m, débil mental m or f, imbécil (es) m or f, idiota (es) m or f, baboso (es) m
• Turkish: moron (tr)

idiot — see idiot

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} imbecille, ^{(please verify)} idiota
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} cretino (it) m, ^{(please verify)} deficiente (it) m, ^{(please verify)} idiota (it) m, ^{(please verify)} imbecille (it) m, ^{(please verify)} stupido (it) m
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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 바보 (ko) (babo) (1,2)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} retardat m, ^{(please verify)} retardată f, ^{(please verify)} tâmpit (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} tâmpită f, ^{(please verify)} imbecil (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} imbecilă (ro) f, ^{(please verify)} idiot (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} idioată (ro) f

Further reading

• Moron (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Monro, normo-

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Esperanto

Noun

moron

1. accusative singular of moro

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Finnish

Interjection

moron

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of moro.

Anagrams

• normo

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English moron, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ʁɔ̃/

• Audio (CAN):

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Noun

moron m (plural morons, feminine moronne)

1. (Quebec) moron, idiot

Adjective

moron (feminine moronne, masculine plural morons, feminine plural moronnes)

1. (Quebec, informal) stupid

   Que t’es moron, toi! ― Gosh, you're stupid!

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Middle English

Noun

moron

1. Alternative form of morwe

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Romanian

Noun

moron m (plural moroni)

1. Alternative form of morun

Declension

Declension of moron

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) moron	moronul	(niște) moroni	moronii
genitive/dative	(unui) moron	moronului	(unor) moroni	moronilor
vocative	moronule		moronilor

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Turkish

Etymology

From English moron, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “slow, dull, foolish, stupid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moɾˈon]
• Hyphenation: mo‧ron

Adjective

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

Inflection
Nominative	moron
Definite accusative	moronu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	moron	moronlar
Definite accusative	moronu	moronları
Dative	morona	moronlara
Locative	moronda	moronlarda
Ablative	morondan	moronlardan
Genitive	moronun	moronların

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Welsh

Etymology

From Old English moran, plural of more (“edible root, carrot, parsnip”), from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k- (“edible herb, root, tuber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔrɔn

Noun

moron f (collective, singulative moronen)

1. carrots

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
moron	foron	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "moron" in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (A Dictionary of the Welsh Language). University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014.