cretino
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós, “Christian”), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) (+ -ιανός (-ianós, “-ian”)), from χριστός (khristós, “anointed”), from χρίειν (khríein, “to anoint; to rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to rub”). Doublet of cristiano.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretini, feminine plural cretine)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]cretino m (plural cretini, feminine cretina)
Further reading
[edit]- cretino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Chrīstiānus. Doublet of cristão, Cristiano, and Cristian.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]cretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretinos, feminine plural cretinas)
- (pathology) suffering from cretinism
- Synonym: cretinoso
- idiotic; dumb
- Synonyms: bobo, cretinoide, idiota; see also Thesaurus:idiota
- (of a person or action) mean; inconsiderate
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]cretino m (plural cretinos, feminine cretina, feminine plural cretinas)
- (pathology) cretin (one who suffers from cretinism)
- (derogatory) cretin; idiot (person of low intelligence or common sense)
- Synonyms: bobo, cretinoide, estúpido, idiota, imbecil; see also Thesaurus:idiota
- (derogatory) jerk; douchebag; asshole (one with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behaviour)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós, “Christian”), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) (+ -ιανός (-ianós, “-ian”)), from χριστός (khristós, “anointed”), from χρίειν (khríein, “to anoint; to rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to rub”). Doublet of cristiano.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretinos, feminine plural cretinas)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]cretino m (plural cretinos, feminine cretina, feminine plural cretinas)
Further reading
[edit]- “cretino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Italian/ino
- Rhymes:Italian/ino/3 syllables
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/inu
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- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Spanish terms borrowed from French
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ino
- Rhymes:Spanish/ino/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns