illiterate

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• /ɪˈlɪtəɹət/
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First attested in 1425–1475, in Middle English; from Middle English illiterat(e) (“uneducated, ignorant of Latin”), borrowed from Latin illīterātus, illitterātus (“unlearned, ignorant”), itself from in- (“un-”) + līterātus, litterātus (“furnished with letters”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lītera, littera (“letter, character”). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أُمِّيّ (ʔummiyy) — unable to read and write
• Armenian: անգրագետ (angraget) — unable to read and write
• Azerbaijani: savadsız — unable to read and write
• Bashkir: наҙан (naźan) — unable to read and write
• Belarusian: няпісьме́нны (njapisʹmjénny) — unable to read and write
• Belarusian: нягра́матны (njahrámatny) — unable to read and write
• Belarusian: неадукава́ны (njeadukavány) — unable to read and write
• Bulgarian: негра́мотен (negrámoten) — unable to read and write
• Bulgarian: необразо́ван (neobrazóvan) — unable to read and write
• Catalan: illetrat — unable to read and write
• Catalan: analfabet — unable to read and write
• Chinese Mandarin: 文盲 (wénmáng) — unable to read and write
• Czech: negramotný — unable to read and write
• Czech: nevzdělaný — unable to read and write
• Danish: analfabetisk — unable to read and write
• Dutch: ongeletterd — unable to read and write
• Dutch: analfabeet — unable to read and write
• Esperanto: analfabeta — unable to read and write
• Finnish: lukutaidoton — unable to read and write
• French: illettré — unable to read and write
• French: illettrée — unable to read and write
• French: analphabète — unable to read and write
• Georgian: წერა-კითხვის უცოდინარი (c̣era-ḳitxvis ucodinari) — unable to read and write
• German: analphabetisch — unable to read and write
• Greek: αγράμματος (agrámmatos) — unable to read and write
• Ancient Greek: ἀγράμματος (agrámmatos) — unable to read and write
• Gujarati: અભણ (abhaṇ) — unable to read and write
• Hebrew: אַנְאַלְפָבֵּית (analfabét) — unable to read and write
• Hebrew: אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ צוּרַת א׳ (einó yodéa' tzurát álef) — unable to read and write
• Hindi: अशिक्षित (aśikṣit) — unable to read and write
• Hindi: अनपढ़ (anpaṛh) — unable to read and write
• Hindi: निरक्षर (nirakṣar) — unable to read and write
• Hungarian: analfabéta — unable to read and write
• Hungarian: írástudatlan — unable to read and write
• Hungarian: írni-olvasni nem tudó — unable to read and write
• Indonesian: buta huruf — unable to read and write
• Indonesian: tunaaksara — unable to read and write
• Indonesian: niraksara — unable to read and write
• Irish: neamhliteartha — unable to read and write
• Italian: analfabeta — unable to read and write
• Japanese: 文盲の (monmou no) — unable to read and write
• Japanese: 読み書きができない (yomikaki ga dekinai) — unable to read and write
• Korean: 글을 모르다 (geureul moreuda) — unable to read and write
• Korean: 문맹의 (munmaeng'ui) — unable to read and write
• Central Kurdish: نەخوێندەوار (nexwêndewar) — unable to read and write
• Northern Kurdish: nexwendewar — unable to read and write
• Northern Kurdish: nexwenda — unable to read and write
• Macedonian: неписмен (nepismen) — unable to read and write
• Malay: tunaaksara — unable to read and write
• Malay: buta huruf — unable to read and write
• Māori: kū(w)are-ā-tuhi — unable to read and write
• Old English: unstæfwīs — unable to read and write
• Persian: بیسواد (bi-savâd) — unable to read and write
• Polish: niepiśmienny — unable to read and write
• Polish: niegramotny — unable to read and write
• Portuguese: analfabeto — unable to read and write
• Portuguese: iletrado — unable to read and write
• Romanian: analfabet — unable to read and write
• Russian: негра́мотный (negrámotnyj) — unable to read and write
• Russian: необразо́ванный (neobrazóvannyj) — unable to read and write
• Serbo-Croatian: нѐписмен — unable to read and write
• Serbo-Croatian: nèpismen — unable to read and write
• Slovak: negramotný — unable to read and write
• Slovak: nevzdelaný — unable to read and write
• Slovene: nepismen — unable to read and write
• Spanish: analfabeto — unable to read and write
• Spanish: iletrado — unable to read and write
• Spanish: ágrafo — unable to read and write
• Swedish: icke läskunnig — unable to read and write
• Swedish: analfabetisk — unable to read and write
• Tagalog: dinulat — unable to read and write
• Tagalog: maang — unable to read and write
• Ukrainian: негра́мотний (nehrámotnyj) — unable to read and write
• Ukrainian: неписьме́нний (nepysʹménnyj) — unable to read and write
• Ukrainian: неосві́чений (neosvíčenyj) — unable to read and write
• Ukrainian: неодуко́ваний (neodukóvanyj) — unable to read and write
• Vietnamese: dốt nát — unable to read and write
• Vietnamese: mù chữ — unable to read and write
• Vietnamese: thất học — unable to read and write
• Armenian: անգրագետ (angraget) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Bashkir: наҙан (naźan) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Bulgarian: необразо́ван (neobrazóvan) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Finnish: sivistymätön — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Finnish: kouluja käymätön — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• French: analphabète — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• German: ungebildet — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• German: ungelehrt — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Greek: αναλφάβητος (analfávitos) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Hungarian: műveletlen — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Hungarian: tanulatlan — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Irish: ainléannta — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Italian: illetterato — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Japanese: 無学の (mugaku no) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Malayalam: പഠിപ്പില്ലാത്ത (paṭhippillātta) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Malayalam: നിരക്ഷരനായ (nirakṣaranāya) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Old English: unstæfwīs — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Old English: unġelǣred — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Polish: analfabeta — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Polish: analfabetka — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Portuguese: iletrado — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Russian: безгра́мотный (bezgrámotnyj) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Russian: необразо́ванный (neobrazóvannyj) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Russian: неве́жественный (nevéžestvennyj) — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Swedish: obildad — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Swedish: illitterat — having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
• Armenian: անգրագետ (angraget) — not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing
• German: ungebildet — not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing
• German: ungelehrt — not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing
• Greek: αναλφάβητος (analfávitos) — not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing
• Russian: безгра́мотный (bezgrámotnyj) — not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing
• Russian: неве́жественный (nevéžestvennyj) — not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing
• Armenian: անգրագետ (angraget) — an illiterate person
• Bulgarian: неграмотен (negramoten) — an illiterate person
• Catalan: analfabet — an illiterate person
• Chinese Cantonese: 文盲 (man4 maang4) — an illiterate person
• Eastern Min Chinese: 青盲牛 (chăng-màng-ngù) — an illiterate person
• Hakka Chinese: 文盲 (vùn-mòng) — an illiterate person
• Chinese: 青盲牛 (zh-min-nan) — an illiterate person
• Chinese Mandarin: 文盲 (wénmáng) — an illiterate person
• Wu Chinese: 亮眼瞎子 (6lian-nge-haq-tsy) — an illiterate person
• Danish: analfabet — an illiterate person
• Dutch: ongeletterde — an illiterate person
• Dutch: analfabeet — an illiterate person
• Esperanto: analfabeto — an illiterate person
• Esperanto: analfabetulo — an illiterate person
• Finnish: lukutaidoton — an illiterate person
• French: illettré — an illiterate person
• French: illettrée — an illiterate person
• French: analphabète — an illiterate person
• German: Analphabet — an illiterate person
• German: Analphabetin — an illiterate person
• Greek: αναλφάβητος (analfávitos) — an illiterate person
• Hungarian: analfabéta — an illiterate person
• Italian: analfabeta — an illiterate person
• Japanese: 文盲 (monmō) — an illiterate person
• Japanese: 非識字者 (hishikijisha) — an illiterate person
• Korean: 문맹 (munmaeng) — an illiterate person
• Central Kurdish: نەخوێندەوار (nexwêndewar) — an illiterate person
• Malayalam: നിരക്ഷരൻ (nirakṣaraṉ) — an illiterate person
• Norwegian Bokmål: analfabet — an illiterate person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: analfabet — an illiterate person
• Persian: بیسواد (bi-savâd) — an illiterate person
• Polish: analfabeta — an illiterate person
• Polish: analfabetka — an illiterate person
• Portuguese: analfabeto — an illiterate person
• Portuguese: analfabeta — an illiterate person
• Romanian: analfabet — an illiterate person
• Romanian: analfabetă — an illiterate person
• Russian: негра́мотный (negrámotnyj) — an illiterate person
• Spanish: analfabeto — an illiterate person
• Spanish: analfabeta — an illiterate person
• Spanish: iletrado — an illiterate person
• Spanish: iletrada — an illiterate person
• Swedish: analfabet — an illiterate person