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cretin
English
Etymology
From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Vulgar Latin christi?nus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??t?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?i?t?n/, /?k??t?n/
- Homophone: Cretan (one pronunciation)
Noun
cretin (plural cretins)
- (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]
- (by extension, derogatory) An idiot.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:idiot
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- Cretinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Cretinism on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- centri-, cinter, citren, crinet
Romanian
Etymology
From French crétin
Noun
cretin m (plural cretini)
- idiot
Declension
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clown
English
Alternative forms
- clowne, cloyne (obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier clowne, cloyne (“man of rustic or coarse manners, boor, peasant”), likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Icelandic klunni (“clumsy fellow, klutz”). Compare also North Frisian klönne (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Dutch kluns (“clumsy fellow”). Unlikely from Latin col?nus (“colonist, farmer”), although learned awareness of this term may have influenced semantic development.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kloun, IPA(key): /kla?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Noun
clown (plural clowns)
- A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
- 2008, Lich King, "Black Metal Sucks", Toxic Zombie Onslaught.
- 2008, Lich King, "Black Metal Sucks", Toxic Zombie Onslaught.
- A person who acts in a silly fashion.
- A stupid person.
- (obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
- 1700, Timothy Nourse, Campania Foelix, pp. 15–16
- […] three things ought always to be kept under: a mastiff dog, a stone horse and a clown; and really I think a snarling, cross-grained clown to be the most unlucky beast of three.
- 1700, Timothy Nourse, Campania Foelix, pp. 15–16
- (obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.
- The clown, the child of nature, without guile.
- August 25, 1759, Samuel Johnson, The Idler No. 71
- He […] began to descend to familiar questions, endeavouring to accommodate his discourse to the grossness of rustic understandings. The clowns soon found that he did not know wheat from rye, and began to despise him; one of the boys, by pretending to show him a bird's nest, decoyed him into a ditch; […]
Synonyms
- (person who acts in a silly fashion): buffoon, fool
Derived terms
- clown beetle
- class clown
- clown doctor
- clownfish
- clownish
Translations
Verb
clown (third-person singular simple present clowns, present participle clowning, simple past and past participle clowned)
- (intransitive) To act in a silly or playful fashion.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular) To ridicule.
- 2002, Vibe (volume 10, number 11, page 62)
- The show Dismissed was one of my favorites, because I like to see people get clowned.
- 2017, Darrell Smith, Miracle Baby
- All my comrades were laughing and clowning me, but shit, that didn't stop me from talking more shit.
- 2002, Vibe (volume 10, number 11, page 62)
Derived terms
- clown about (British)
- clown around
See also
- coulrophobia
- jester
- jackpudding
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English clown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?u?n/
- Hyphenation: clown
- Rhymes: -?u?n
Noun
clown m (plural clowns, diminutive clowntje n)
- clown (entertainer)
Derived terms
- circusclown
- clownsneus
- clownvis
See also
- august
- harlekijn
- paljas
- pierrot
- nar
- witte clown
- zot
French
Etymology
From English clown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klun/
- Homophone: clowns
Noun
clown m (plural clowns)
- clown (performer)
- clown (person who acts in a comic way)
Synonyms
- (performer): (Louisiana) macaque
Further reading
- “clown” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
clown m (invariable)
- clown (artist)
- Synonym: pagliaccio
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klawn/
Noun
clown m pers
- (comedy) Alternative spelling of klaun.
Declension
Derived terms
- (noun) clownada
- (adjective) clownowski
Further reading
- clown in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- clown in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Alternative forms
- clon
Etymology
From English clown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klon/, [?klõn]
Noun
clown m (plural clownes)
- clown (circus performance artist)
- Synonym: payaso
Swedish
Etymology
From English clown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kla?n/
Noun
clown c
- clown
Declension
Synonyms
- pajas
Derived terms
- clownaktig
- clownfisk
References
- clown in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?u?n/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English clown.
Noun
clown m (plural clowniaid)
- clown
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- closwn (colloquial, first-person singular conditional)
Verb
clown
- first-person plural present/future of cloi
- first-person singular imperfect/conditional of cloi
- (literary) first-person plural imperative of cloi
Mutation
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