idiots

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪd.iː.əts/

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• (Ireland, Scotland) IPA^(key): /iːdʒɪts/

idiots

1. plural of idiot

• Sidoti

• IPA^(key): /i.djo/
• Homophone: idiot

idiots

1. masculine plural of idiot

idiots m

1. masculine plural of idiot

Via other European languages, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”); ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs) was used derisively in ancient Athens to refer to one who declined to take part in public life.

idiots m (1st declension, feminine form: idiote)

1. (male) idiot (person with extremely serious problems in their mental development)

   idiots kopš bernības ― idiot from birth

2. (colloquial) (male) fool, stupid man

   Jānis nosauca viņu par idiotu un pēc tam divas dienas nerunāja ne vārda ― Jānis called him an idiot and after that didn't say a word for two days

   es, protams, biju idiots; man nevajadzēja šurp braukt! ― I, of course, was an idiot; I shouldn't have come here!

• (of "mentally undeveloped") debils (adjective), imbecils (adjective)
• (of "fool", "stupid") duraks, muļķis, muļķadesa, nejēga, neprātis, stulbenis

• idiotisks

• idiotija

idiots

1. indefinite genitive singular of idiot