moron

See also: Appendix:Variations of "moron"

English

Etymology

Coined by American psychologist Henry H. Goddard in 1910, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹɒn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Rhymes: -ɔːɹɒn
(without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /mo(ː)ɹɒn/, /-ɑn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɹɑn/,

Noun

moron (plural morons)

(informal, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot
(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
Synonym: feeble-minded

Usage notes

The current medical term for having an IQ between 50 and 70 is “mild intellectual disability”.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ French: moron
→ Turkish: moron

Translations

person of borderline intelligence

Bengali: বোকা (bn) (bōka)
Bulgarian: слабоумен (bg) m (slaboumen), дебил (bg) m (debil)
Catalan: imbècil (ca) m or f, retardat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白痴 (zh) (báichī)
Danish: debil (da) person
Dutch: debiel (nl)
Finnish: lievästi kehitysvammainen, debiili (fi)
French: attardé (fr), crétin (fr) m, demeuré (fr) m
Galician: mouco (gl) m, pallouco m, bouto m, babau m, láparo m, doudo m, badío m, marmeco m, barballocas m, favilón m
German: Schwachsinniger (de) m, Schwachkopf (de) m
Greek: καθυστερημένος (el) (kathysteriménos)
Ancient Greek: βλάξ m (bláx)
Hungarian: gyengeelméjű (hu)
Indonesian: bahlul bego (id)
Italian: imbecille (it) m, cretino (it) m, stupido (it) m, deficiente (it) m, babbeo (it) m, idiota (it) m, ritardato (it) m, mongoloide (it) m, squasimodeo m
Japanese: 低能者 (ていのうしゃ, teinōsha), 間抜け (ja) (まぬけ, manuke), 頓痴気 (とんちき, tonchiki)
Maori: tūtae tara (Derogatory)
Polish: debil (pl) m, przygłup (pl), bezmózg, bałwan (pl) m
Portuguese: retardado (pt), débil mental (pt)
Russian: деби́л (ru) m (debíl), приду́рок (ru) m (pridúrok), крети́н (ru) m (kretín), отморо́зок (ru) m (otmorózok), моро́н (ru) m (morón) (rare)
Spanish: retrasado (es) m, retrasada (es) f, morón (es) (Panamá, Puerto Rico)

person who makes uncool attempts to impress others

Catalan: imbècil (ca) m or f, subnormal (ca) m or f, retardat, idiota (ca) m or f
Danish: tåbe c
Dutch: mogool, mongol (nl)
Finnish: hölmö (fi), tollo (fi)
French: andouille (fr) f, débile (fr) m or f, mongol (fr) m
Galician: parvo (gl) m, paspán (gl) m, pailán m, lores m, babiolo (gl) m, pasmón m, bausán m, buzaco m, arnoia m, pándeo m, miñoto m, balaínzo m, babeco (gl) m, solocho m
German: Schwachkopf (de) m, Trottel (de) m, Depp (de) m
Greek: βλαμμένος (el) (vlamménos), κρετίνος (el) m (kretínos)
Hungarian: hülye (hu)
Indonesian: sontoloyo (id)
Portuguese: babaca (pt), otário (pt)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: буда̀ла f

Roman: budàla (sh) f
Spanish: subnormal (es) m or f, retrasado (es) m, retardado (es) m, débil mental m or f, imbécil (es) m or f, idiota (es) m or f, baboso (es) m
Turkish: moron (tr)

idiot — see idiot

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} imbecille, ^{(please verify)} idiota
Italian: ^{(please verify)} cretino (it) m, ^{(please verify)} deficiente (it) m, ^{(please verify)} idiota (it) m, ^{(please verify)} imbecille (it) m, ^{(please verify)} stupido (it) m
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 바보 (ko) (babo) (1,2)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} retardat m, ^{(please verify)} retardată f, ^{(please verify)} tâmpit (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} tâmpită f, ^{(please verify)} imbecil (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} imbecilă (ro) f, ^{(please verify)} idiot (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} idioată (ro) f

Anagrams

Monro, normo-

Esperanto

Noun

moron

accusative singular of moro

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoron/,
Rhymes: -oron
Syllabification^(key): mo‧ron

Interjection

moron (colloquial)

Alternative form of moro.

Noun

moron

genitive singular of moro

Anagrams

normo

French

Etymology

English moron, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔ.ʁɔ̃/
Audio (CAN) (file)

Noun

moron m (plural morons, feminine moronne)

(Quebec) moron, idiot

Adjective

moron (feminine moronne, masculine plural morons, feminine plural moronnes)

(Quebec, informal) stupid
Que t’es moron, toi! ― Gosh, you're stupid!

Middle English

Noun

moron

Alternative form of morwe

Romanian

Noun

moron m (plural moroni)

Alternative form of morun

Declension

Declension of moron

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) moron	moronul	(niște) moroni	moronii
genitive/dative	(unui) moron	moronului	(unor) moroni	moronilor
vocative	moronule		moronilor

Turkish

Etymology

From English moron, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “slow, dull, foolish, stupid”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: mo‧ron

Adjective

moron

fool, stupid, idiot, moronic

Noun

moron (definite accusative moronu, plural moronlar)

a moron
Bir morona aşık oldum. ― I fell in love with a moron.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	moron
Definite accusative	moronu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	moron	moronlar
Definite accusative	moronu	moronları
Dative	morona	moronlara
Locative	moronda	moronlarda
Ablative	morondan	moronlardan
Genitive	moronun	moronların

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrɔn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmoːrɔn/, /ˈmɔrɔn/
Rhymes: -ɔrɔn

Etymology 1

From Old English moran, plural of more (“edible root, carrot, parsnip”), from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k- (“edible herb, root, tuber”).

Noun

moron f (collective, singulative moronen)

carrots

Derived terms

dyfrforon (“marshwort”)
lloerforon (“mountain stone parsley, moon carrots”)
moron arfor (“sea carrots”)
moron Awstralia (“Australian carrots”)
moron melynion (“skirrets”)
moron pigog (“prickly parsnips”)
moron y dŵr (“water parsnips”)
moron y gwartheg (“cow parsnips, hogweed”)
moron y maes (“wild carrots”)
moron yr ardd (“garden carrots”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
moron	foron	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Noun

moron

Nasal mutation of boron.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
boron	foron	moron	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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