Noun: crétin
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | crétin |
| Singular f | crétine |
| Plural m | crétins |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like crétin
Nigérian,
savant,
soldat,
publiant,
Colombard,
Auvergnat,
Manitobain,
Sahraoui,
youpin,
adjutant-chef,
retraité,
bien-pensant,
plaisantin,
bourrin,
bougnat,
viandard,
survivant,
Dominicain,
coaccusé,
bagnard, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably a doublet of chrétien (“Christian”), from Latin Christianus (from an Alpine French dialect crestin, undergoing some Franco-Provençal-like sound changes). Specifically, likely from a dialect in the Swiss/Alpine francophone region where there was once an endemic level of cretinism. It is also linked, somewhat euphemistically, to one of the older senses of the word, referring to any Christian man, peasant, simple or regular person, and in some cases by extension a "poor/unfortunate fellow" (compare also benêt, innocent). Compare the senses of other Romance languages such as Romansh carstgaun (“person”), Italian cristiano (“guy”), Neapolitan crestiano, Sicilian cristianu (“person”), Portuguese cristão (“soul, person”), Spanish cristiano (“guy”), Romanian creștin (“person, individual”). Outside Romance languages compare Russian крестья́нин (krestʹjánin). See: Latin Nouns '
Christianus', Italian Nouns '
cristiano', Portuguese Nouns '
cristão', Spanish Nouns '
cristiano', Romanian Nouns '
creștin'.
Verbs referencing "crétin"
English Nouns
cretin, Romanian Nouns
cretin, Italian Nouns
cretino, Portuguese Nouns
cretino, Spanish Nouns
cretino, Czech Nouns
kretén, Finnish Nouns
kretiini, Russian Nouns
кретин, Catalan Nouns
cretí, Swedish Nouns
kretin.
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