cretin

English

/ˈkɹɛtɪn/, /ˈkɹiːtɪn/

noun

Definitions

(pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
(by extension) An idiot.

Etymology

Borrowed from French crétin (fool, cretin, idiot) derived from Latin christiānus (Christian).

Origin

Latin

christiānus

Gloss

Christian

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

cretinism English
cretinize English
cretinoid English
cretinous English
cretinously English
kretinismi Finnish
*christiānus Latin
Christianus Latin
christiānus Latin
cretino Italian
crétin French
crétinisme French
крестьянин Russian
крестьянский Russian
кретин Russian
christiano Spanish, Castilian
cretino Spanish, Castilian
cretino Portuguese
kretyn Polish
kretén Czech
kreteno Esperanto
krishterë Albanian
კრეტინი Georgian
крьстьꙗнинъ Old East Slavic