handicapped

English

Verb

handicapped

1. simple past and past participle of handicap

Adjective

handicapped (comparative more handicapped, superlative most handicapped)

1. Having a handicap.
2. (derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind.

Usage notes

Many health advocates advise against describing a disabled person as being handicapped.

Derived terms

• handicapped-accessible
• handicapped permit
• handicapped sign
• handicapped space
• mentally handicapped

 

Translations

having a handicap

• Azerbaijani: əlil (az)
• Catalan: disminuït (ca), minusvàlid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘疾人／残疾人 (zh) (cánjírén), 殘疾／残疾 (zh) (cánjí)

• Dutch: gehandicapt (nl), behinderd, invalide (nl), andersvalide (nl), mindervalide (nl), gebrekkig (nl), beperkt (nl)
• Finnish: vammainen (fi), vajaakykyinen (fi)
• French: handicapé (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: behindert (de)
• Greek: ανάπηρος (el) (anápiros)
• Hebrew: נכה (he) m (nakhe)
• Hungarian: fogyatékos (hu)
• Italian: handicappato (it) m
• Japanese: 障害者 (ja) (しょうがいしゃ, shōgaisha)
• Korean: 불리한 (bullihan)
• Latin: mancus, claudus
• Malay: kurang upaya
• Maori: hauā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: funksjonshemmet

• Plautdietsch: behindat
• Polish: niepełnosprawny (pl)
• Portuguese: deficiente (pt)
• Russian: инвали́д (ru) (invalíd)
• Serbo-Croatian: хендикепиран, hendikepiran (sh)
• Sicilian: cappatu m
• Spanish: minusválido, discapacitado (es)
• Telugu: అవిటి (te) (aviṭi)
• Turkish: engelli (tr), özürlü (tr)

Limited by an impediment of some kind

• Maori: pūheki, pūwheki
• Swedish: handikappad (sv), funktionsnedsatt (sv), funktionshindrad (sv)

See also

• disabled
• impaired

Noun

handicapped (plural handicappeds)

1. (India) A disabled person.