lunatic

English

Etymology

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From Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːnətɪk/

Noun

lunatic (plural lunatics)

1. An insane person.

Synonyms

• moonling
• See also Thesaurus:mad person

Translations

insane person

• Bashkir: иҫәр (iśər), диуана (diwana), алйот (alyot), тиле (tile), йүләр (yülər), тинтәк (tintək), һантый (hantıy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瘋子／疯子 (zh) (fēngzi), 疯子 (zh) (fēngzi), 狂人 (zh) (kuángrén)

• Czech: šílenec m, blázen (cs) m
• Dutch: gek (nl) m, gekkin (nl) f, zot (nl) m, zottin (nl) f
• Esperanto: lunatiko
• Finnish: hullu (fi), kuuhullu, mielipuoli (fi)
• French: dément (fr) m, démente (fr) f, aliéné (fr) m, aliénée (fr) f
• German: Irre (de) m or f
• Hiligaynon: buangit, rendido ang ulo
• Icelandic: brjálæðingur (is) m, geðsjúklingur (is) m
• Irish: gealt f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: demente (it) m or f
• Japanese: 気違い (ja) (kichigai)
• Korean: 미치광이 (ko) (michigwang'i)
• Macedonian: лудак m (ludak)
• Maori: porowairangi
• Norman: leunatique m
• Polish: wariat (pl) m, szaleniec (pl) m
• Portuguese: lunático (pt) m, lunática (pt) f
• Russian: псих (ru) m (psix), душевнобольно́й (ru) m (duševnobolʹnój), сумасше́дший (ru) m (sumasšédšij), поме́шанный (ru) m (poméšannyj), чо́кнутый (ru) m (čóknutyj) (colloquial)
• Spanish: insano (es) m, orate (es)
• Tagalog: baliw (tl), sira-ulo
• Turkish: deli (tr)

Adjective

lunatic (comparative more lunatic, superlative most lunatic)

1. Crazed, mad, insane, demented.

Synonyms

• crazed, insane, mad, demented, maniacal, psychotic, crazed; see also Thesaurus:insane

Translations

crazed

• Catalan: llunàtic
• Esperanto: lunatika
• French: lunatique (fr)
• Hebrew: סַהֲרוּרִי (he) m (saharurí)
• Irish: gealtach, gan chiall
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: leunatique
• Portuguese: lunático (pt)
• Russian: сумасше́дший (ru) (sumasšédšij), душевнобольно́й (ru) (duševnobolʹnój), поме́шанный (ru) (poméšannyj), чо́кнутый (ru) (čóknutyj) (colloquial)
• Spanish: lunático (es)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈna.tik/

Etymology 1

From Latin lūnāticus, equivalent to lună +‎ -atic.

Alternative forms

• lunatec

Noun

lunatic m (plural lunatici)

1. somnambulist, sleepwalker
2. (rare) dullard, fool, scatterbrain

Declension

Declension of lunatic

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) lunatic	lunaticul	(niște) lunatici	lunaticii
genitive/dative	(unui) lunatic	lunaticului	(unor) lunatici	lunaticilor
vocative	lunaticule		lunaticilor

Synonyms

• (sleepwalker): somnambul, somnambulist, noctambul
• (fool): prostănac, cretin

Adjective

lunatic m or n (feminine singular lunatică, masculine plural lunatici, feminine and neuter plural lunatice)

1. (popular, rare) born in the same month as another

Declension

Declension of lunatic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	lunatic		lunatică	lunatici	lunatice
	definite	lunaticul		lunatica	lunaticii	lunaticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	lunatic		lunatice	lunatici	lunatice
	definite	lunaticului		lunaticei	lunaticilor	lunaticelor

Related terms

• lună

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French lunatique, Italian lunatico.

Adjective

lunatic m or n (feminine singular lunatică, masculine plural lunatici, feminine and neuter plural lunatice)

1. (rare) having hallucinations
2. (rare) fantastic, unreal, bizarre
3. having unusual or strange ideas and behavior
4. (rare) fearful

Declension

Declension of lunatic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	lunatic		lunatică	lunatici	lunatice
	definite	lunaticul		lunatica	lunaticii	lunaticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	lunatic		lunatice	lunatici	lunatice
	definite	lunaticului		lunaticei	lunaticilor	lunaticelor

See also

• zăpăcit

Further reading

• lunatic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)