débile
See also: debile
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin debilis. The original sense of "weak" was lost to faible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.bil/
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Adjective
débile (plural débiles)
- (obsolete) weak
- (informal) dumb, stupid, retarded
- Synonyms: con, stupide, idiot
- Antonym: intelligent
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
débile m or f (plural débiles)
- (informal) retard
- Synonyms: débile mental, imbécile, attardé, abruti
Descendants
- → Dutch: debiel
- → Romanian: debil
- → Russian: деби́л (debíl)
- → Armenian: դեբիլ (debil)
- → Estonian: debiil
- → Georgian: დებილი (debili)
- → Hebrew: דֶּבִּילִי (debíli)
- → Turkish: debil
Further reading
- “débile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.