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See also: débil, dèbil, and dębił

Albanian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin debilis (weak, frail, feeble).

Noun

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debil m

  1. moron, idiot

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish débil (weak).

Adjective

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debil

  1. weak

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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debil m anim

  1. (offensive) a moron (disliked person), a dumb person
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák
  2. (dated, medicine) mentally ill person

Declension

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Further reading

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  • debil”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • debil”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • debil”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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debil

  1. moronic

Inflection

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Inflection of debil
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular debil 2
indefinite neuter singular debilt 2
plural debile 2
definite attributive1 debile

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deˈbiːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Hyphenation: de‧bil

Adjective

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debil (strong nominative masculine singular debiler, comparative debiler, superlative am debilsten)

  1. (dated, now offensive) slightly mentally challenged; slightly retarded; moron

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • debil” in Duden online
  • debil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • debil” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin dēbilis. Attested from the 13th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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debil m (feminine singular debila, masculine plural debils, feminine plural debilas)

  1. weak
    Synonym: feble
    Antonym: fòrt
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  1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 179.

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin debilis.

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Noun

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debil m pers (female equivalent debilka)

  1. (derogatory) a moron
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec
  2. (obsolete, pathology) person with slight mental retardation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • debil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • debil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French débile, from Latin debilis.

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Adjective

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debil m or n (feminine singular debilă, masculine plural debili, feminine and neuter plural debile)

  1. stupid

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite debil debilă debili debile
definite debilul debila debilii debilele
genitive-
dative
indefinite debil debile debili debile
definite debilului debilei debililor debilelor

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis.

Noun

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dèbīl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐбӣл)

  1. (pathology, obsolete) person with slight mental retardation
  2. (derogatory) a moron, jerk

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In obsolete medical usage, "debil" denoted the mildest level of developmental disability. More severe levels were denoted by the words imbecil and idiot.

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • debil”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin debilis. Used since the 1920s.

Adjective

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debil (not comparable)

  1. moronic, slightly mentally challenged

Declension

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Inflection of debil
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular debil
neuter singular debilt
plural debila
masculine plural2 debile
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 debile
all debila

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French débil.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deˈbil/
  • Hyphenation: de‧bil

Adjective

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debil (medicine)

  1. physically and mentally weak

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Derived terms

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