cretino

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/

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: cre‧tì‧no

Adjective

cretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretini, feminine plural cretine)

1. cretinous

Derived terms

• cretinamente

Noun

cretino m (plural cretini, feminine cretina)

1. cretin
2. moron

Further reading

• cretino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cinterò, cortine, incerto, increto, notrice, recinto, recintò, rincote

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Chrīstiānus. Doublet of cristão, Cristiano, and Cristian.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈt͡ʃi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɨˈti.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
• Hyphenation: cre‧ti‧no

Adjective

cretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretinos, feminine plural cretinas)

1. (pathology) suffering from cretinism

   Synonym: cretinoso

2. idiotic; dumb

   Synonyms: bobo, cretinoide, idiota; see also Thesaurus:idiota

3. (of a person or action) mean; inconsiderate

Related terms

• cretinamente
• cretinice
• cretinismo
• cretinização
• cretinizado
• cretinizar
• cretinoide
• cretinoso
• cristão

 

Noun

cretino m (plural cretinos, feminine cretina, feminine plural cretinas)

1. (pathology) cretin (one who suffers from cretinism)
2. (derogatory) cretin; idiot (person of low intelligence or common sense)

   Synonyms: bobo, cretinoide, estúpido, idiota, imbecil; see also Thesaurus:idiota

3. (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/ [kɾeˈt̪i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: cre‧ti‧no

Adjective

cretino (feminine cretina, masculine plural cretinos, feminine plural cretinas)

1. affected by cretinism; cretinous
2. stupid

   Synonyms: estúpido, necio, idiota

Derived terms

• cretinismo

 

Noun

cretino m (plural cretinos, feminine cretina, feminine plural cretinas)

1. a person affected by cretinism
2. an idiot

   Synonyms: estúpido, necio, idiota, imbécil

Further reading

• “cretino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10