innocent

English

Etymology

Latin in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪnəsn̩t/

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Adjective

innocent (comparative more innocent, superlative most innocent)

1. ​Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
2. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
3. Naive; artless.
4. Harmless in intent.
5. (with of) Having no knowledge (of something).
6. (with of) Lacking (something).

Synonyms

• (free from blame or guilt): sackless
• (free from sin): pure, untainted
• See also Wikisaurus:naive

Antonyms

• (bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act): guilty, nocent

Related terms

• innocence
• innocently

Translations

pure, free from sin, untainted

• Arabic: بريء أبرياء (ar) (ba'ree2) m, بريئة (ar) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無猜 (cmn), 无猜 (cmn) (wúcāi)

• Finnish: viaton (fi)
• Greek: αθώος (el) (athóos)
• Hungarian: ártatlan (hu)

• Japanese: 無邪気な (ja) (むじゃきな, mujaki-na)
• Polish: niewinny (pl) m
• Russian: невинный (ru) (nevínnyj)
• Spanish: inocente (es)
• Turkish: suçsuz (tr)

not legally responsible for a wrongful act

• Arabic: بريء (ar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無辜 (cmn), 无辜 (cmn) (wúgū), 無罪 (cmn), 无罪 (cmn) (wúzuì)

• Finnish: syytön (fi)
• French: innocent (fr)
• German: unschuldig (de)
• Greek: αθώος (el) (athóos)

• Hungarian: ártatlan (hu)
• Japanese: 無罪の (ja) (むざいの, muzai-no)
• Luxembourgish: onschëlleg (lb)
• Polish: niewinny (pl) m
• Russian: невиновный (ru) (nevinóvnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-chiontach (gd)
• Turkish: suçsuz (tr)

naive, artless

• Arabic: بريء (ar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天真 (cmn) (tiānzhēn)

• Finnish: viaton (fi), harmiton (fi)
• Greek: αθώος (el) (athóos)

• Hungarian: ártatlan (hu)
• Japanese: 無邪気な (ja) (むじゃきな, mujaki na)
• Polish: niewinny (pl) m, naiwny (pl) m
• Russian: невинный (ru) (nevínnyj)

harmless in intent

• Finnish: viaton (fi)
• Hungarian: ártalmatlan (hu)

• Russian: невинный (ru) (nevínnyj)

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• Catalan: innocent (ca)
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅvīn (sh), nȅdūžan (sh)
• Czech: nevinný m
• Esperanto: senkulpa
• German: unschuldig
• Hebrew: טהור (he) (tahór)
• Ido: nekulpabla

• Interlingua: innocente
• Italian: innocente m and f
• Portuguese: inocente
• Scottish Gaelic: ionraic, maoth, neo-choireach, socharach
• Slovene: nedolžen
• Spanish: inocente

Noun

innocent (plural innocents)

1. Those who are innocent; young children.

   The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

innocent m, f (masculine and feminine plural innocents)

1. innocent

Derived terms

• innocentment

Related terms

• innocència
• innocentada

See also

• El dia dels innocents on the Catalan Wikipedia.ca.Wikipedia:El dia dels innocents

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /i.nɔ.sɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /i.nO.sA~/

Adjective

innocent m (feminine innocente, masculine plural innocents, feminine plural innocentes)

1. innocent

Related terms

• innocemment
• innocence
• innocenter