cretino
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós, “Christian”), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) (+ -ιανός (-ianós, “-ian”)), from χριστός (khristós, “anointed”), from χρίειν (khríein, “to anoint; to rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to rub”). Doublet of cristiano.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretini, feminine plural cretine)
Derived terms
editNoun
editcretino m (plural cretini, feminine cretina)
Further reading
edit- cretino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Chrīstiānus. Doublet of cristão, Cristiano, and Cristian.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
editcretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretinos, feminine plural cretinas)
- (pathology) suffering from cretinism
- Synonym: cretinoso
- idiotic; dumb
- Synonyms: bobo, cretinoide, idiota; see also Thesaurus:idiota
- (of a person or action) mean; inconsiderate
Related terms
editNoun
editcretino m (plural cretinos, feminine cretina, feminine plural cretinas)
- (pathology) cretin (one who suffers from cretinism)
- (derogatory) cretin; idiot (person of low intelligence or common sense)
- Synonyms: bobo, cretinoide, estúpido, idiota, imbecil; see also Thesaurus:idiota
- (derogatory) jerk; douchebag; asshole (one with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behaviour)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós, “Christian”), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) (+ -ιανός (-ianós, “-ian”)), from χριστός (khristós, “anointed”), from χρίειν (khríein, “to anoint; to rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to rub”). Doublet of cristiano.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretinos, feminine plural cretinas)
Derived terms
editNoun
editcretino m (plural cretinos, feminine cretina, feminine plural cretinas)
Further reading
edit- “cretino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Rhymes:Italian/ino
- Rhymes:Italian/ino/3 syllables
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/inu
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- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰrey-
- Spanish terms borrowed from French
- Spanish terms derived from French
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ino
- Rhymes:Spanish/ino/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns