different between idiots vs idiota

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??d.i?.?ts/
• (Ireland, Scotland) IPA^(key): /i?d??ts/

Noun

idiots

1. plural of idiot

Anagrams

• Sidoti

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.djo/
• Homophone: idiot

Adjective

idiots

1. masculine plural of idiot

Noun

idiots m

1. masculine plural of idiot

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ????? (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”); ??????? (idi?t?s) was used derisively in ancient Athens to refer to one who declined to take part in public life.

Pronunciation

Noun

idiots m (1st declension, feminine form: idiote)

1. (male) idiot (person with extremely serious problems in their mental development)

2. (colloquial) (male) fool, stupid man

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "mentally undeveloped") debils (adjective), imbecils (adjective)
• (of "fool", "stupid") duraks, mu??is, mu??adesa, nej?ga, nepr?tis, stulbenis

Derived terms

• idiotisks

Related terms

• idiotija

Swedish

Noun

idiots

1. indefinite genitive singular of idiot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish idiota, from Latin idi?ta (“idiot”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”) from ????? (ídios, “private”).

Noun

idiota (plural idiotas)

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

Synonyms

• fool    [WS]

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”) from ????? (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.

Esperanto

Etymology

From idioto +? -a.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. idiotic

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”) from ????? (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.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”) from ????? (ídios, “private”).

Noun

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

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

Adjective

idiota (masculine plural idioti, feminine plural idiote)

1. idiotic

Derived terms

• idiotaggine
• idiotamente

Related terms

• idiotismo
• idiozia

Anagrams

iodati, odiati

Further reading

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• idi?t?s

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “person not involved in public affairs, layman”), from ????? (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.di?o?.ta/, [?d?i?o?t?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.di?o.ta/, [id?i???t??]

Noun

idi?ta m (genitive idi?tae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

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, 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.

Latvian

Noun

idiota m

1. genitive singular form of idiots

Polish

Etymology

From French idiot, from Old French idiot, from Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”), from ????? (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /id?j?.ta/

Noun

idiota m pers (feminine idiotka)

1. (derogatory) idiot

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:g?upiec

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

Derived terms

• idiotyczny
• idiotyzm

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”) from ????? (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [i.?ðj?.t?]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.?d??j?.t?/, [i.?d???.ta]
• Hyphenation: i?dio?ta
• Rhymes: -?t?

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.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”) from ????? (ídios, “private”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?djota/, [i?ð?jo.t?a]

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)

Related terms

• idiotez
• idiotizar

Further reading

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