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Meaning of Cretin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkɹɛtɪn

Definitions

  1. A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
    archaic
  2. An idiot.
    broadly, derogatory

Equivalents

العربية المشوه
Bosanski krelac kreten kretenčina крелац кретен кретенчина
Català cretí
Čeština kretén
Deutsch Kretin
Ελληνικά ηλίθιος κρετίνος
Español cretina cretino
Suomi ääliö aivokääpiö älykääpiö höynä kretiini
Français crétin crétin
Hrvatski krelac kreten kretenčina крелац кретен кретенчина
Magyar kretén
Italiano cretino
ქართული კრეტინი
Македонски кретен
Nederlands cretin
Polski kretyn kretynka
Português cretino
Română cretin cretină
Русский кретин крети́нка
Српски krelac kreten kretenčina крелац кретен кретенчина
Svenska kretin
Türkçe kreten
Українська крети́н

Examples

“When I challenged the symbolism, tried to make the professor consider the book as a piece of realism, he regarded me as if I were an absolute cretin. He got very supercilious and condescending […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

cretinism cretinization cretinoid Cretinous cretinously Cretins

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