idiota

See also: idiotā and idióta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish idiota, from Latin idiōta (“idiot”), from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”). Doublet of idiot.

Noun

idiota (plural idiotas)

1. (derogatory, slang, US) fool or imbecile

Synonyms

• fool    [WS]

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Adjective

idiota (masculine and feminine plural idiotes)

1. idiotic

Noun

idiota m or f (plural idiotes)

1. idiot; fool

Derived terms

• idiotesa

Related terms

• idiòcia

Further reading

• “idiota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “idiota” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “idiota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “idiota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From idioto +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /idiˈota/
• Hyphenation: i‧di‧o‧ta
• Rhymes: -ota

Adjective

idiota (accusative singular idiotan, plural idiotaj, accusative plural idiotajn)

1. idiotic

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Adjective

idiota m or f (plural idiotas)

1. idiotic, stupid

   Synonyms: estúpido, imbécil

Noun

idiota m or f (plural idiotas)

1. idiot

Related terms

• idiocia

Further reading

• “idiota” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdjɔ.ta/

Noun

idiota m or f (masculine plural idioti, feminine plural idiote)

1. (derogatory) idiot, moron, maroon, clot

Adjective

idiota (masculine plural idioti, feminine plural idiote)

1. idiotic

Derived terms

• idiotaggine
• idiotamente

Related terms

• idiotismo
• idiozia

Further reading

• idiota in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

iodati, odiati

Anagrams

• iodati, odiati

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Latin

Alternative forms

• idiōtēs

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “person not involved in public affairs, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.diˈoː.ta/, [ɪd̪iˈoːt̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.diˈo.ta/, [id̪iˈɔːt̪ä]

Noun

idiōta m (genitive idiōtae); first declension

1. (derogatory) idiot
2. (Medieval Latin) indigenous, rustic, opposite of foreign.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	idiōta	idiōtae
Genitive	idiōtae	idiōtārum
Dative	idiōtae	idiōtīs
Accusative	idiōtam	idiōtās
Ablative	idiōtā	idiōtīs
Vocative	idiōta	idiōtae

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: idiota
• English: idiot
  • → English: idiota
• French: idiot
  • → Romanian: idiot
• → Galician: idiota
• German: Idiot
• → Italian: idiota
• → Polish: idiota
• → Portuguese: idiota
• → Serbo-Croatian: idiot
• → Slovak: idiot
• → Spanish: idiota

References

• idiota in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• idiota in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• idiota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• idiota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
    

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Latvian

Noun

idiota m

1. genitive singular form of idiots

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Polish

Etymology

From French idiot, from Old French idiot, from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //idˈjɔ.ta//

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Noun

idiota m pers (feminine idiotka)

1. (derogatory) idiot

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

2. (pathology, obsolete) person with severe mental retardation

Usage notes

In obsolete medical usage, idiota referred to severe cases of developmental disability. Milder forms were described with the words imbecyl and debil.

Declension

Declension of idiota

	singular	plural
nominative	idiota	idioci
genitive	idioty	idiotów
dative	idiocie	idiotom
accusative	idiotę	idiotów
instrumental	idiotą	idiotami
locative	idiocie	idiotach
vocative	idioto	idioci

Derived terms

• idiotyczny
• idiotyzm

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [i.ˈðjɔ.tɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ˈd͡ʒjɔ.tɐ/, [i.ˈd͡ʒɔ.ta]
• Hyphenation: i‧dio‧ta
• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ

Adjective

idiota (plural idiotas, comparable)

1. idiotic

Synonyms

• (idiotic): See here

Noun

idiota m, f (plural idiotas)

1. idiot

Synonyms

• (idiot): See here

Related terms

• idiotia
• idiotice

Further reading

• “idiota” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdjota/, [iˈð̞jo.t̪a]

Adjective

idiota (plural idiotas)

1. idiotic

Noun

idiota m or f (plural idiotas)

1. (derogatory) idiot, moron, fool, dork, eejit
2. (derogatory) dick, jerk, schmuck, douchebag, asshole, ass, jackass, prick (i.e., a cocky or self-important individual without any foundation for it)

Derived terms

• caja idiota

Related terms

• idiotez
• idiotizar

Further reading

• “idiota” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.