psycho

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• Australian, UK: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
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• Canada, US: /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/
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Clipping of psychotic or psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.

Clipping of psychology.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: psyko — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Hebrew: פסיכי (psikhi) — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Indonesian: tak waras — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Interlingua: psychotic — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Interlingua: psychopathic — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Portuguese: psicótico — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Portuguese: psicopático — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Portuguese: louco — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Portuguese: psicopata — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Swedish: psykopatisk — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Swedish: tokig — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Swedish: vansinnig — (colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
• Bulgarian: психопат (psihopat) — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Chinese Mandarin: 精神病人 (jīngshénbìngrén) — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Chinese Mandarin: 精神病患者 (jīngshénbìnghuànzhě) — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Finnish: sekopää — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Finnish: kaistapää — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Finnish: psyko — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• French: psychopathe — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• German: Psycho — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• German: Psychopath — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Hebrew: פסיכי (psikhi) — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Portuguese: psicopata — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Portuguese: psicótico — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Portuguese: louco — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Portuguese: doido — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Portuguese: insano — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Russian: псих (psix) — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Spanish: psicópata — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Swedish: psykfall — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Swedish: psyk — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Swedish: psyko — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Turkish: sayko — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Ottoman Turkish: دلی (deli) — psychotic or otherwise insane person
• Chinese Cantonese: 黐線佬 /黐线佬 (ci1 sin3 lou2) — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 瘋子 /疯子 (fēngzi) — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 狂人 (kuángrén) — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• Finnish: kaistapää — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• German: Verrückte — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• Greek: ψυχώ (psychó) — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• Japanese: 狂人 (kyōjin) — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• Portuguese: psicopata — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• Portuguese: psicótico — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• Russian: псих (psix) — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
• Swedish: galning — person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner