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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesimbécile
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɛ̃.be.sil
"Ne fais pas l'imbécile et écoute mes conseils."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A stupid or foolish person.
"I felt like a dumbhead when I realized I left my keys inside the locked car." - 2
A mild, colloquial insult used informally among peers to describe a silly mistake or blunder.
"Stop calling yourself a dumbhead; everyone makes mistakes when learning something new."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound combining the adjective 'dumb' (derived from Old German and Old English meaning mute or later stupid) and the noun 'head' (from Old English 'hēafod'). Emerging in American English during the late 19th century, it follows a productive Germanic morphological pattern of creating derogatory or familiar epithets for a person perceived as unintelligible or foolish.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dumbhead" is said worldwide
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imbécile
Transliteration: ɛ̃.be.sil
"Ne fais pas l'imbécile et écoute mes conseils."
Dummkopf
Transliteration: ˈdʊmˌkɔp͡f
"Manchmal verhält er sich wie ein echter Dummkopf."
zucchone
Transliteration: dzuˈkoːne
"Non fare lo zucchone, leggi le istruzioni."
tonto
Transliteration: ˈtonto
"No seas tonto y ponte el abrigo."
tolo
Transliteration: ˈtolu
"Ele agiu como um tolo ao esquecer os documentos."
मूर्ख
Transliteration: mūrkh
"अपनी मूर्खतापूर्ण हरकतों को बंद करो।"
笨蛋
Transliteration: bèndàn
"别当笨蛋了，快把工作做完。"
멍청이
Transliteration: meong-cheong-i
"그는 가끔 멍청이처럼 행동한다."
馬鹿
Transliteration: baka
"そんなバカなミスをするなよ。"
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