noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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bĭgʹət
/ˈbɪɡət/
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rhymes with -ɪɡət
CMU ARPABET:B IH1 G AH0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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From French bigot (“a sanctimonious person; a religious hypocrite”), from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, of disputed origin. It is most often believed to have derived from the identical Old French derogatory term bigot applied to the overly religious Normans, said to be known for frequently swearing Middle English bi God (“by God”) (compare Old English bī god, Middle High German bī got, Middle Dutch bi gode), which is also thought to be the origin of the surname Bigott, Bygott. (Compare the French use of "godons" and "goddamns" to refer to the English in Joan of Arc's time, and les sommobiches (see son of a bitch) during World War I). From meaning "someone overly religious" it came to mean "someone overly devoted to their own religious opinion", and then to its current sense. The French Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales supports the Germanic origin theory above. Liberman however opines that this has "too strong a taste of a folk etymological guess invented in retrospect" and prefers Grammont et al.'s theory that it derives from Albigot (“inhabitant of Albi”), named after the commune in southern France where Catharism (also known as Albigensianism) is thought to have originated. However, neither the Oxford English Dictionary nor Online Etymology Dictionary list Grammont and Liberman's theory among their possible origins. Compare typologically Russian ханжа́ (xanžá) (< Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı, “Kaaba pilgrim”)).
Across languages
Translations
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kwesel
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Afrikaans:
dweper
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Albanian:
fanatik
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Arabic:
مُتَعَصِّب
(mutaʕaṣṣib)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Armenian:
մոլեռանդ
(moleṙand)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Azerbaijani:
təəssübkeş
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Bengali:
ধর্মান্ধ
(dhormandho)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Bulgarian:
фанатик
(fanatik)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Bulgarian:
фанатичка
(fanatička)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Catalan:
fanàtic
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Catalan:
fanàtica
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Catalan:
intolerant
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Catalan:
sectari
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Catalan:
sectària
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Catalan:
il·liberal
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Chinese Cantonese:
獨斷家 /独断家
(duk6 dyun3 gaa1)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Chinese Mandarin:
独断家
(dú duàn jiā)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Corsican:
biguttu
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Czech:
náboženský fanatik
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Czech:
náboženská fanatička
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Danish:
bigot
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Dhivehi:
ބިގޯޓް
(bigōṭ)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Esperanto:
bigoto
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Esperanto:
bigotino
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Estonian:
fanaatik
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Finnish:
suvaitsematon kiihkoilija
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Finnish:
suvaitsematon fanaatikko
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Finnish:
rasisti
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
French:
sectaire
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
French:
intolérant
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
French:
intolérante
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
French:
fanatique intolérant
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
French:
fanatique intolérante
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Galician:
fanático
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Galician:
fanática
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Georgian:
წინასწარგანწყობილი
(c̣inasc̣arganc̣q̇obili)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
German:
intoleranter Fanatiker
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
German:
intolerante Fanatikerin
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
German:
engstirniger, intoleranter Mensch
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
German:
bornierter Mensch
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
German:
Kleingeist
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
German:
Rassist
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
German:
Rassistin
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
German:
Piesepampel
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
German:
Kantönligeist
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Greek:
μισαλλόδοξος
(misallódoxos)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Hebrew:
קנאי עיוור
(Kana'i iver)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Hindi:
कट्टर
(kaṭṭar)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Hindi:
धर्मांध
(dharmāndh)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Hindi:
कठमुल्ला
(kaṭhmullā)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Hungarian:
bigott
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Irish:
biogóid
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Italian:
fanatico
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Italian:
fanatica
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Italian:
intollerante
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Italian:
estremista
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Latvian:
fanātiķis
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Portuguese:
intolerante
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Portuguese:
fanático
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Portuguese:
fanática
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Portuguese:
extremista
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Russian:
фана́тик
(fanátik)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Russian:
фанати́чка
(fanatíčka)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Russian:
шовини́ст
(šoviníst)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Russian:
шовини́стка
(šovinístka)
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Scottish Gaelic:
dalm-bheachdaiche
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Spanish:
ultra
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Spanish:
carcunda
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Tagalog:
panatiko
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Turkish:
yobaz
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Turkish:
bağnaz
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Zazaki:
taasubkar
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Zazaki:
verênwan
— one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to his or her own ideas and groups
Afrikaans:
dweper
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
Dutch:
kwezel
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
Esperanto:
bigotulo
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
Esperanto:
bigotulino
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
French:
bigot
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
French:
bigote
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
German:
Frömmler
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
German:
Frömmlerin
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
Hungarian:
szentfazék
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
Polish:
bigot
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
Polish:
bigotka
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
Spanish:
beato
— person who is overly pious in matters of religion
