Polyglot Dictionary

crétin

/kʁetɛ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Colloquial Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les crétins

Meaning

  1. idiot, moron (informal)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

abruti

Both are common informal insults meaning "idiot, moron." They're close to interchangeable; abruti leans slightly more toward "acting stupidly/carelessly," while crétin is the more general all-purpose insult.

Practice

1 What does crétin mean?

2 Fill the gap: Arrête de faire le ___ devant tout le monde.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches crétin?

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