English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French décrépit, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin decrepitus (“very old”), from crepare (“to creak”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
decrepit (comparative more decrepit, superlative most decrepit)
- Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
Derived terms
Translations
weakened or worn out
- Assamese: আলৰ (alor), আথৰ (athor), জৰাতুৰ (zoratur)
- Bulgarian: грохнал (bg) (grohnal), вехт (bg) (veht)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (old and shabby; worn-out) 破舊／破旧 (zh) (pòjiù), 破旧 (zh) (pòjiù), (old and weak; senile) 衰老 (zh) (shuāilǎo), 老弱的 (zh) (lǎoruò de)
- Dutch: versleten (nl), afgedragen (nl)
- Finnish: kulunut (fi)
- French: décrépit (fr), décati (fr)
- German: heruntergekommen (de), gammelig (de), gebrechlich (de), abgenutzt (de), altersschwach (de), verbraucht (de)
- Icelandic: farlama (is), örvasa, hrumur (is)
- Italian: decrepito (it), barbogio, rincoglionito (it)
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- Japanese: やつれた (yatsureta)
- Khmer: ទុំ (km) (tum)
- Latin: dēcrepitus
- Norwegian: utslitt
- Persian: فرتوت (fa) (fartut)
- Portuguese: decrépito (pt)
- Romanian: decrepit (ro), ramolit (ro)
- Russian: дря́хлый (ru) (drjáxlyj), не́мощный (ru) (némoščnyj) (infirm), ве́тхий (ru) (vétxij) (dilapidated)
- Spanish: decrépito (es), destartalado (es) m, venido a menos m, ruinoso (es) m
- Swedish: utsliten (sv)
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Further reading
- “decrepit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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