cretino

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.

• IPA^(key): /kreˈti.no/

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

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

1. cretinous

• cretinamente

cretino m (plural cretini, feminine cretina)

1. cretin
2. moron

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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.

• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈtino/ [kɾeˈt̪i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: cre‧ti‧no

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

1. affected by cretinism; cretinous
2. stupid

   Synonyms: estúpido, necio, idiota

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

1. a person affected by cretinism
2. an idiot

   Synonyms: estúpido, necio, idiota, imbécil

3. a contemptible person, a jerk

• “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], 10 December 2024