cre·tin

(krēt′n)

n. Often Offensive

1. A person with cretinism.

2. A person considered to be foolish or unintelligent.

[French crétin, from Franco-Provençal, person with cretinism (formerly common in Alpine valleys because of insufficient iodine in the local diet), from Vulgar Latin *christiānus, Christian, human being, poor fellow, from Latin Chrīstiānus, Christian; see Christian.]

cre′tin·oid′ (-oid′) adj.

cre′tin·ous (-əs) adj.

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Adj.

cretinous - afflicted with cretinism

Translations

kreténský

hülye

cretina cretino

cretinous

[ˈkretɪnəs] ADJ → cretino → imbécil

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cretinous

[ˈkrɛtɪnəs] (offensive) adj (= moronic) → crétin(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cretinous

adj (Med) → kretinoid; (inf) → schwachsinnig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cretinous

[ˈkrɛtɪnəs] adj (fam, pej) → da cretino/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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