անգրագետ adj (unable to read and write)
անգրագետ adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
անգրագետ adj (not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing)
անգրագետ noun (an illiterate person)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

savadsız adj (unable to read and write)

Bashkir

2 entries

наҙан adj (unable to read and write)
наҙан adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)

Belarusian

3 entries

неадукава́ны adj (unable to read and write)
нягра́матны adj (unable to read and write)
няпісьме́нны adj (unable to read and write)

Bulgarian

4 entries

негра́мотен adj (unable to read and write)
необразо́ван adj (unable to read and write)
необразо́ван adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
неграмотен noun (an illiterate person)

Catalan

3 entries

analfabet adj (unable to read and write)
illetrat adj (unable to read and write)
analfabet noun (an illiterate person)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

نەخوێندەوار adj (unable to read and write)
نەخوێندەوار noun (an illiterate person)

Chinese

1 entries

青盲牛 noun (an illiterate person)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

文盲 noun (an illiterate person)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

文盲 adj (unable to read and write)
文盲 noun (an illiterate person)

Czech

2 entries

negramotný adj (unable to read and write)
nevzdělaný adj (unable to read and write)

Danish

2 entries

analfabetisk adj (unable to read and write)
analfabet noun (an illiterate person)

Dutch

4 entries

analfabeet adj (unable to read and write)
ongeletterd adj (unable to read and write)
analfabeet noun (an illiterate person)
ongeletterde noun (an illiterate person)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

青盲牛 noun (an illiterate person)

Esperanto

2 entries

analfabeta adj (unable to read and write)
analfabeto noun (an illiterate person)

Finnish

4 entries

kouluja käymätön adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
lukutaidoton adj (unable to read and write)
sivistymätön adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
lukutaidoton noun (an illiterate person)

French

4 entries

analphabète adj (unable to read and write)
analphabète adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
illettré adj (unable to read and write)
illettrée adj (unable to read and write)

Georgian

1 entries

წერა-კითხვის უცოდინარი adj (unable to read and write)

German

4 entries

analphabetisch adj (unable to read and write)
ungebildet adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
ungebildet adj (not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing)
ungelehrt adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)

Greek

4 entries

αγράμματος adj (unable to read and write)
αναλφάβητος adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
αναλφάβητος adj (not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing)
αναλφάβητος noun (an illiterate person)

Gujarati

1 entries

અભણ adj (unable to read and write)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

文盲 noun (an illiterate person)

Hebrew

2 entries

אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ צוּרַת א׳ adj (unable to read and write)
אַנְאַלְפָבֵּית adj (unable to read and write)

Hindi

2 entries

अनपढ़ adj (unable to read and write)
अशिक्षित adj (unable to read and write)

Hungarian

4 entries

analfabéta adj (unable to read and write)
műveletlen adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
tanulatlan adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
írni-olvasni nem tudó adj (unable to read and write)

Indonesian

3 entries

buta huruf adj (unable to read and write)
niraksara adj (unable to read and write)
tunaaksara adj (unable to read and write)

Irish

2 entries

ainléannta adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
neamhliteartha adj (unable to read and write)

Italian

3 entries

analfabeta adj (unable to read and write)
illetterato adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
analfabeta noun (an illiterate person)

Japanese

4 entries

文盲の adj (unable to read and write)
無学の adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
読み書きができない adj (unable to read and write)
文盲 noun (an illiterate person)

Korean

3 entries

글을 모르다 adj (unable to read and write)
문맹의 adj (unable to read and write)
문맹 noun (an illiterate person)

Macedonian

1 entries

неписмен adj (unable to read and write)

Malay

2 entries

buta huruf adj (unable to read and write)
tunaaksara adj (unable to read and write)

Malayalam

3 entries

നിരക്ഷരനായ adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
പഠിപ്പില്ലാത്ത adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
നിരക്ഷരൻ noun (an illiterate person)

Māori

1 entries

kū(w)are-ā-tuhi adj (unable to read and write)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

nexwenda adj (unable to read and write)
nexwendewar adj (unable to read and write)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

analfabet noun (an illiterate person)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

analfabet noun (an illiterate person)

Old English

3 entries

unstæfwīs adj (unable to read and write)
unstæfwīs adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
unġelǣred adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)

Persian

2 entries

بیسواد adj (unable to read and write)
بیسواد noun (an illiterate person)

Polish

4 entries

analfabeta adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
analfabetka adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
niegramotny adj (unable to read and write)
niepiśmienny adj (unable to read and write)

Portuguese

4 entries

analfabeto adj (unable to read and write)
iletrado adj (unable to read and write)
iletrado adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
analfabeta noun (an illiterate person)

Romanian

3 entries

analfabet adj (unable to read and write)
analfabet noun (an illiterate person)
analfabetă noun (an illiterate person)

Russian

4 entries

безгра́мотный adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
безгра́мотный adj (not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing)
неве́жественный adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
неве́жественный adj (not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

nèpismen adj (unable to read and write)
нѐписмен adj (unable to read and write)

Slovak

2 entries

negramotný adj (unable to read and write)
nevzdelaný adj (unable to read and write)

Slovene

1 entries

nepismen adj (unable to read and write)

Spanish

4 entries

analfabeto adj (unable to read and write)
iletrado adj (unable to read and write)
ágrafo adj (unable to read and write)
analfabeta noun (an illiterate person)

Swedish

4 entries

analfabetisk adj (unable to read and write)
icke läskunnig adj (unable to read and write)
illitterat adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)
obildad adj (having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature)

Tagalog

2 entries

dinulat adj (unable to read and write)
maang adj (unable to read and write)

Ukrainian

4 entries

негра́мотний adj (unable to read and write)
неодуко́ваний adj (unable to read and write)
неосві́чений adj (unable to read and write)
неписьме́нний adj (unable to read and write)

Vietnamese

3 entries

dốt nát adj (unable to read and write)
mù chữ adj (unable to read and write)
thất học adj (unable to read and write)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

亮眼瞎子 noun (an illiterate person)

Sample sentences

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The illiterate man was eager to increase his vocabulary.

Source: tatoeba (280585)

They are not illiterate in the sense that they can not read or write at all.

Source: tatoeba (307493)

An illiterate man was fair game for the literate exploiters who contributed to his domination.

Source: tatoeba (407587)

Four fifths of French were frankly illiterate towards 1685.

Source: tatoeba (407588)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.