даун
Russian edit
Etymology edit
From Да́ун (Dáun), from синдро́м Да́уна (sindróm Dáuna), from the surname of British physician John Langdon Down, who described the syndrome in the 1860s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
да́ун • (dáun) m anim (genitive да́уна, nominative plural да́уны, genitive plural да́унов)
- (colloquial) someone with Down syndrome
- (figuratively, vernacular, offensive, disparaging or ironic) downie, mongoloid, retard, spaz, spastic