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Webster 1828 Edition

Illiterate

ILLIT'ERATE

Adj.

[L. illiteratus; in and literatus; from litera, a letter.] Unlettered; ignorant of letters or books; untaught; unlearned; uninstructed in science; as an illiterate man, nation or tribe.

Definition 2024

illiterate

English

Adjective

illiterate ‎(comparative more illiterate, superlative most illiterate)

Unable to read and write.
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.

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literate

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Translations

unable to read and write

Armenian: անգրագետ (hy) ‎(angraget)
Bashkir: наҙан ‎(naðan)
Catalan: illetrat (ca), analfabet (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 文盲 (zh) ‎(wénmáng)
Czech: negramotný m
Dutch: ongeletterd (nl)
Esperanto: analfabeta
Finnish: lukutaidoton (fi)
French: illettré (fr) m, illettrée (fr) f, analphabète (fr) m, f
German: analphabetisch (de)
Greek: αγράμματος (el) ‎(agrámmatos)
Hebrew: אַנְאַלְפָבֵּית (he) m ‎(analfabét), אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ צוּרַת א' (he) m ‎(einó yodéa' tzurát álef) (literary)
Hindi: अशिक्षित (hi) ‎(aśikṣit)
Hungarian: analfabéta (hu), írástudatlan (hu)

Irish: neamhliteartha
Italian: analfabeta (it)
Japanese: 読み書きができない
Korean: 문맹 (ko) ‎(munmaeng)
Kurdish:

Sorani:

Kurmanji: nexwendewar (ku), nexwenda (ku)

Sorani: نه‌خوێنده‌وار ‎(nexwêndewar)
Malay: tunaaksara, buta huruf
Polish: niepiśmienny (pl) m
Portuguese: analfabeto (pt), iletrado (pt)
Romanian: analfabet (ro) m, anaflabetă f
Russian: негра́мотный (ru) ‎(negrámotnyj)
Spanish: analfabeto (es), iletrado (es)
Swedish: analfabetisk (sv)
Tagalog: dinulat, maang

having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature

Armenian: անգրագետ (hy) ‎(angraget)
Bashkir: наҙан ‎(naðan)
Finnish: sivistymätön, kouluja käymätön
French: analphabète (fr)
German: ungebildet (de), ungelehrt
Greek: αναλφάβητος (el) ‎(analfávitos)
Hungarian: műveletlen (hu), tanulatlan (hu)

Irish: ainléannta
Italian: illetterato
Japanese: 無学の
Polish: analfabeta (pl) m
Portuguese: iletrado (pt)
Russian: безгра́мотный (ru) ‎(bezgrámotnyj), неве́жественный (ru) ‎(nevéžestvennyj)
Swedish: obildad (sv), illitterat (sv)

not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing

Armenian: անգրագետ (hy) ‎(angraget)
German: ungebildet (de), ungelehrt

Greek: αναλφάβητος (el) ‎(analfávitos)
Russian: безгра́мотный (ru) ‎(bezgrámotnyj), неве́жественный (ru) ‎(nevéžestvennyj)

Noun

illiterate ‎(plural illiterates)

an illiterate person, one not able to read.

Translations

an illiterate person

Armenian: անգրագետ (hy) ‎(angraget)
Catalan: analfabet (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 文盲 ‎(man⁴ maang⁴)

Hakka: 文盲 ‎(vùn-mòng)

Mandarin: 文盲 (zh) ‎(wénmáng)

Min Dong: 青盲牛 ‎(chăng-màng-ngù)

Min Nan: 青盲牛 (zh-min-nan) ‎(chhiⁿ-mî-gû; chheⁿ-mê-gû)
Danish: analfabet (da)
Dutch: ongeletterde (nl) m, analfabeet (nl) m
Esperanto: analfabeto (eo)
Finnish: lukutaidoton (fi)
French: illettré (fr) m, illettrée (fr) f, analphabète (fr) m, f

German: Analphabet (de) m, Analphabetin (de) f
Greek: αναλφάβητος (el) m ‎(analfávitos)
Hungarian: analfabéta (hu)
Italian:
Japanese: 文盲 (ja) ‎(もんもう, monmō), 非識字者 ‎(hishikijisha)
Korean: 문맹 (ko) ‎(munmaeng)
Kurdish:
Sorani: نه‌خوێنده‌وار
Polish: analfabeta (pl) m, analfabetka (pl) f
Portuguese: analfabeto (pt) m
Russian: негра́мотный (ru) m ‎(negrámotnyj)
Spanish: analfabeto (es) m, iletrado (es) m
Swedish: analfabet (sv) c, icke läskunnig c

References

“illiterate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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Illiterate

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illiterate

illiterate

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