disabled

English

Etymology

From disable +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪsˈeɪbəɫd]

Adjective

disabled (comparative more disabled, superlative most disabled)

1. Made incapable of use or action.
2. Having a disability.
3. (law) Legally disqualified.

Synonyms

• incapacitated
• indisposed
• invalid

Antonyms

• enabled

Derived terms

• antidisabled
• disabledness
• disabled sports
• learning-disabled
• multidisabled
• nondisabled
• print-disabled
• print disabled
• undisabled

 

Translations

made incapable of use or action

• Bulgarian: изключен (izključen)
• Catalan: invàlid
• Danish: ubrugelig (da), ukampdygtig
• Dutch: onklaar (nl)
• Finnish: toimintakyvytön, käyttökelvoton
• Italian: disabilitato (it)

• Norwegian: bevegelseshemmet
• Polish: wyłączony, zdezaktywowany
• Portuguese: incapacitado
• Romanian: dezactivat m
• Russian: отклю́ченный (ru) (otkljúčennyj), деактиви́рованный (ru) (deaktivírovannyj)
• Swedish: deaktiverad, avaktiverad, avstängd (sv)

having a disability

• Armenian: հաշմանդամ (hy) (hašmandam)
• Bulgarian: недъгав (bg) (nedǎgav), инвалиден (invaliden)
• Burmese: ဒုက္ခိတ (my) (dukhki.ta.)
• Catalan: minusvàlid (ca), discapacitat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘疾 (zh), 残疾 (zh) (cánjí)

• Czech: postižený (cs) m, invalidní
• Danish: handicappet
• Dutch: gehandicapt (nl), invalide (nl), mindervalide (nl)
• Finnish: vammainen (fi)
• French: handicapé (fr), infirme (fr), invalide (fr)
• Georgian: ინვალიდი (invalidi), შეზღუდული შესაძლებლობების მქონე პირი (šezɣuduli šesaʒleblobebis mkone ṗiri)
• German: behindert (de)
• Greek: ανάπηρος (el) (anápiros)

• Hungarian: mozgáskorlátozott, mozgássérült (hu), fogyatékkal élő, (dated) rokkant (hu), (possibly offensive) fogyatékos (hu)
• Italian: disabile (it)
• Macedonian: инвалид m (invalíd), хендикепирано лице n (hendikepírano líce)
• Maori: hauā
• Norwegian: bevegelseshemmet

  Bokmål: ufør, funksjonshemmet

  Nynorsk: ufør

• Persian: معلول‎ (fa) (ma'lul)
• Polish: niepełnosprawny (pl)
• Portuguese: inválido (pt)
• Russian: инвали́д (ru) m (invalíd) (noun), нетрудоспосо́бный (ru) (netrudosposóbnyj), неработоспосо́бный (ru) (nerabotosposóbnyj)
• Spanish: discapacitado (es), minusválido
• Swedish: funktionshindrad, handikappad (sv), invalid (sv) (dated)
• Thai: พิการ (th) (pí-gaan)

for the use of people with physical disabilities

• Bulgarian: инвалиден (invaliden)
• Catalan: minusvàlid (ca)
• Danish: handicap-
• Hungarian: (applicable without restriction) akadálymentes (hu), (slightly colloquial) mozgássérült- (hu), mozgáskorlátozottak számára/részére készült/tervezett/kijelölt/kialakított/fenntartott

• Italian: per i disabili
• Russian: инвали́дный (ru) (invalídnyj)
• Spanish: para discapacitados

legally disqualified

• Finnish: pätemätön (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} handicapé (fr)

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} minusválido

Noun

disabled (usually uncountable, plural disableds)

1. One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

Translations

disabled one

• Bulgarian: инвалид (bg) m (invalid)
• Danish: handicappet c
• Finnish: invalidi (fi), vammainen (fi)
• Italian: disabile (it) m or f

• Polish: inwalida (pl) m, inwalidka f
• Russian: инвали́д (ru) m (invalíd), инвали́дка (ru) f (invalídka)
• Yiddish: אינוואַליד‎ m (invalid)

the disabled collectively

• Danish: handicappede c pl
• Dutch: invaliden (nl), (no indefinite article) gehandicapten (nl)
• Finnish: invalidit pl, vammaiset pl
• Italian: disabili pl

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (de) uføre

  Nynorsk: (dei) uføre

Verb

disabled

1. simple past tense and past participle of disable