cretino
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- IPA(key): /kreˈti.no/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: cre‧tì‧no
Derived terms
Further reading
- cretino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Chrīstiānus. Doublet of cristão, Cristiano, and Cristian.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾeˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾeˈt͡ʃi.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɨˈti.nu/
- Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
- Hyphenation: cre‧ti‧no
Adjective
cretino (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
- cretinamente
- cretinice
- cretinismo
- cretinização
- cretinizado
- cretinizar
- cretinoide
- cretinoso
- cristão
Noun
cretino 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
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- IPA(key): /kɾeˈtino/ [kɾeˈt̪i.no]
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: cre‧ti‧no
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cretino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014