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Dutch
Etymology
First attested around 1900. Probably borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpaː.raː.noːˈi.də/
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧no‧i‧de
- Rhymes: -idə
Adjective
paranoïde (comparative paranoïder, superlative meest paranoïde or paranoïedst)
- paranoid
1902, Ministerie van Binnenlandsche Zaken, Verslag van den staat der hooge-, middelbare en lagere scholen in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden over 1900---1901, page 49:
- 1903, Ernst August Jozef Maria Sträter, Een geval van sclérose en plaques disséminées (dissertation), F. van Rossen, page 22.
Ook verwardheid, waanideën, paranoide symptomen kunnen, maar zeldzaam, de scène openen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
paranoïde (plural paranoïdes)
- paranoid
Noun
paranoïde m or f by sense (plural paranoïdes)
- paranoid person
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