disabled

English

Etymology

From disable +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• 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)
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• 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／残疾 (zh) (cánjí), 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)
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• Hungarian: mozgáskorlátozott, mozgássérült (hu), fogyatékkal élő, (dated) rokkant (hu), (possibly offensive) fogyatékos (hu)
• Italian: disabile (it)
• Macedonian: инвали́д m (invalíd), хендикепирано лице n (hendikepirano lice)
• 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
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• Italian: per i disabili
• Russian: инвали́дный (ru) (invalídnyj)
• Spanish: para discapacitados

legally disqualified

• Finnish: pätemätön (fi)
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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

• French: ^{(please verify)} handicapé (fr)
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• 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
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• Polish: inwalida (pl) m, inwalidka f
• Russian: инвали́д (ru) m (invalíd), инвали́дка (ru) f (invalídka)
• Spanish: minusválido m, discapacitado (es) m
• 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
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (de) uføre

  Nynorsk: (dei) uføre

Verb

disabled

1. simple past and past participle of disable