retard
English
/ɹɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/, /ˈɹiːtɑː(ɹ)d/
noun
Definitions
- Retardation; delay.
- (music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
- (offensive) A person with mental retardation.
- (informal) A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English retarden derived from retarder derived from Latin retardāre (retard).
Origin
Latin
retardāre
Gloss
retard
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dutertard English
- Duterte English
- asshole English
- asstard English
- nonretarded English
- retardable English
- retardate English
- retardation English
- retardational English
- retarded English
- retardedly English
- retardedness English
- retardee English
- retarder English
- retardest English
- retardeth English
- retardical English
- retardism English
- retardive English
- retardively English
- retardlike English
- retardy English
- unretarded English
- retardāre Latin
- retardar Spanish, Castilian
- retardar Portuguese
- retarden Middle English
- retarder Old French
- retardar Catalan, Valencian
- retarded Cebuano
- retarder xno