handicapped

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhændikæpt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

handicapped

1. simple past and past participle of handicap

Adjective

handicapped (comparative more handicapped, superlative most handicapped)

1. (sometimes considered offensive) Having a handicap.

   handicapped person

   handicapped man

2. (now derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind.
   • 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:

     We are so handicapped for means, you see—the old story with this sort of institution. Practically everything we have has been given us at one time or another—it has to be, for there is simply no fund to apply to purchasing.

Usage notes

Many health advocates advise against describing a disabled person as being handicapped (cf. physically challenged and with disabilities).

Derived terms

• handicapable
• handicapped-accessible
• handicapped permit
• handicapped sign
• handicapped space
• mentally handicapped
• multihandicapped
• nonhandicapped
• polyhandicapped
• unhandicapped

Translations

having a handicap

• Azerbaijani: əlil (az)
• Catalan: disminuït (ca), minusvàlid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘疾人 / 残疾人 (zh) (cánjírén), 殘疾 / 残疾 (zh) (cánjí)

• Dutch: gehandicapt (nl), behinderd, invalide (nl), andersvalide (nl), mindervalide (nl), gebrekkig (nl), beperkt (nl)
• Finnish: vammainen (fi), vajaakykyinen (fi)
• French: handicapé (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: behindert (de)
• Greek: ανάπηρος (el) (anápiros)
• Hebrew: נכה (he) m (nakhe)
• Hindi: विकलांगता f (viklāṅgtā)
• Hungarian: fogyatékos (hu)
• Italian: handicappato (it) m
• Japanese: 障害者 (ja) (しょうがいしゃ, shōgaisha)
• Korean: 불리한 (bullihan)
• Latin: mancus, claudus
• Malay: kurang upaya
• Māori: hauā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: funksjonshemmet

• Plautdietsch: behindat
• Polish: niepełnosprawny (pl)
• Portuguese: deficiente (pt)
• Russian: инвали́д (ru) (invalíd)
• Serbo-Croatian: хендикепиран, hendikepiran (sh)
• Sicilian: cappatu m
• Spanish: minusválido (es), discapacitado (es)
• Telugu: అవిటి (te) (aviṭi)
• Turkish: engelli (tr), özürlü (tr)

Limited by an impediment of some kind

• Māori: pūheki, pūwheki
• Swedish: handikappad (sv), funktionsnedsatt (sv), funktionshindrad (sv)

See also

• disabled
• impaired

Noun

handicapped (plural handicappeds)

1. (India) A disabled person.