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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/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: cre‧tì‧no
Adjective
cretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretini, feminine plural cretine)
- cretinous
Derived terms
Noun
cretino m (plural cretini, feminine cretina)
- cretin
- moron
Further reading
- cretino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Chrīstiānus. Doublet of cristão, Cristiano, and Cristian.
Pronunciation
- 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
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/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: cre‧ti‧no
Adjective
cretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretinos, feminine plural cretinas)
- affected by cretinism; cretinous
- stupid
- Synonyms: estúpido, necio, idiota
Derived terms
Noun
cretino m (plural cretinos, feminine cretina, feminine plural cretinas)
- a person affected by cretinism
- an idiot
- Synonyms: estúpido, necio, idiota, imbécil
Further reading