imbecile

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five- to seven-year-old child.
2. A fool, an idiot.

Concepts

imbécile

crétin

idiot

abruti

bêta

débile mental

débile

connard

couillon

bête

couyon

écervelé

balourd

andouille

retard

sot

stupide

tête de linotte

arriéré

arriérée

attardé

bébête

tête de nœud

nulle

con

concombre

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Synonymes

idiot

moron

fool

stupid

idiotic

cretin

feeble-minded

silly

simpleton

dummy

half-wit

foolish

imbecilic

cretinous

mentally deficient

half-witted

clot

fatuous

lummox

lunatic

tomfool

slob

weak-headed

simp

simple

booby

zany

noodle

goon

oaf

dope

moronic

changeling

mooncalf

nincompoop

gudgeon

retard

mad

gaga

dolt

dimwit

feeble

dim

empty-headed

dupe

delirious

chump

brainless

lout

light-headed

Traductions

imbecille

imbécil

imbeciel

imbecil

budala

imbècil

ahmak

βλάκας

ηλίθιος

Trottel

aptal

idiota

idiota

cretino

ανόητος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪmbəˈsiːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French imbécile, from Latin imbēcillus (“weak, feeble”), literally “without a staff”.