retard

English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardāre (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”)

Pronunciation

Noun (delay sense), verb

• (UK) IPA: /ɹɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/, X-SAMPA: /rI"tA:(r)d/
• (US) IPA: /ɹɪˈtɑɹd/, X-SAMPA: /rI"tArd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

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Noun (offensive slang sense)

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹiːtɑː(ɹ)d/, X-SAMPA: /"ri:tA:(r)d/
• (US) enPR: rēʹtɑrd, IPA: /ɹiːtɑɹd/, X-SAMPA: /ri:tArd/

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Noun

retard (plural retards)

1. Retardation; delay.
2. (slang, offensive) A person with mental retardation.
3. (slang, offensive) A stupid person, or one who is slow to learn.

Synonyms

• (retardation): delay, hold-up, retardation
• (person with mental retardation): idiot, tard (offensive), imbecile (disused medical term), mental deficient (legal term), moron (disused medical term), person with learning difficulties
• (stupid person): See also Wikisaurus:fool

Translations

retardation; delay

• Afrikaans: vertraging (af), vertragings (af) pl
• Finnish: viive (fi), hidaste (fi)
• French: retard (fr)

• Russian: замедление (ru) (zamedlénije) n, задержка (ru) (zadéržka) f
• Spanish: perecear (es)

a person with mental retardation

• Afrikaans: vertraagde (af), vertraagdes (af), mongool (af), mongole (af) pl
• Finnish: henkisesti jälkeenjäänyt, jälkeenjäänyt
• French: retardé (fr)

• Italian: ritardato mentale (it) m
• Russian: дебил (ru) (debíl) m

a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn

• Afrikaans: idioot (af), idiote (af), nool (af), nole (af) pl
• Dutch: mogool (nl)
• Finnish: idiootti (fi), vähä-älyinen (fi), kehari (fi)

• French: attardé (fr)
• Korean: 병신 (ko) (pyeongsin)
• Russian: тормоз (ru) (tórmoz) m

Verb

retard (third-person singular simple present retards, present participle retarding, simple past and past participle retarded)

1. (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder

   retard the march of an army

   retard the motion of a ship

2. (transitive) To put off; to postpone.

   to retard the attacks of old age

   to retard a rupture between nations

3. (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
4. (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To stay back.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (keep delaying; continue to hinder): decelerate, hinder, slow, slow down
• (postpone): postpone, put off
• (stay back): hang back, stay back

Antonyms

• (keep delaying; continue to hinder): accelerate, speed, speed up
• (postpone):
• (stay back): come forward

Translations

keep delaying; impede; etc

• Afrikaans: vertraag (af)
• Finnish: hidastaa (fi), viivyttää (fi), jarruttaa (fi)

• Russian: задерживать (ru) (zadérživatʹ)

put off; postpone

• Afrikaans: uitstel (af)
• Finnish: siirtää tuonnemmaksi, lykätä

• Russian: откладывать (ru) (otkládyvatʹ)

stay back

• Afrikaans: agterbly (af)

Derived terms

• retarded

References

• IQ Basics, including formerly used medical terms for people with very low IQs

Anagrams

• darter, tarred, trader

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French

Etymology

From the verb retarder

Pronunciation

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Noun

retard m (plural retards)

1. delay

Derived terms

• en retard

Anagrams

• tarder, trader