retard
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retard (pl.: retards)
- ritardo
- (offensivo) persona con disabilità intellettuali o dura di comprendonio; ritardato, mongoloide
retard (3ª persona sing. presente retards, participio presente retarding, passato semplice e participio passato retarded)
- (senso "ritardo" e verbo) IPA: /ɹɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/ Ascolta la pronuncia :
- (senso offensivo) IPA: /ˈɹiːtɑː(ɹ)d/ Ascolta la pronuncia :
dal medio inglese retarden, dal francese retarder, dal latino retardāre, unione di re- e tardus
- ("ritardo" e "ritardare") delay, postpone, put off
- (senso offensivo) idiot, imbecile, moron, sped, tard
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Dictionary versione on-line
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary