Illiterate
//ɪˈlɪtəɹət//
Translations of "illiterate" (54 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ἀγράμματος(unable to read and write) | agrámmatos | |
| Arabic | أُمِّيّ(unable to read and write) | ʔummiyy | |
| Armenian | անգրագետ(unable to read and write), անգրագետ(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), անգրագետ(not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing), անգրագետ(an illiterate person) | angraget, angraget, angraget, angraget | |
| Azerbaijani | savadsız(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Bashkir | наҙан(unable to read and write), наҙан(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature) | naźan, naźan | |
| Belarusian | неадукава́ны(unable to read and write), нягра́матны(unable to read and write), няпісьме́нны(unable to read and write) | njeadukavány, njahrámatny, njapisʹmjénny | |
| Bulgarian | негра́мотен(unable to read and write), необразо́ван(unable to read and write), необразо́ван(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), неграмотен(an illiterate person) | negrámoten, neobrazóvan, neobrazóvan, negramoten | |
| Catalan | analfabet(unable to read and write), illetrat(unable to read and write), analfabet(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | نەخوێندەوار(unable to read and write), نەخوێندەوار(an illiterate person) | nexwêndewar, nexwêndewar | |
| Chinese | 青盲牛(an illiterate person) | zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 文盲(an illiterate person) | man⁴ maang⁴ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 文盲(unable to read and write), 文盲(an illiterate person) | wénmáng, wénmáng | |
| Czech | negramotný(unable to read and write), nevzdělaný(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Danish | analfabetisk(unable to read and write), analfabet(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Dutch | analfabeet(unable to read and write), ongeletterd(unable to read and write), analfabeet(an illiterate person), ongeletterde(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Eastern Min Chinese | 青盲牛(an illiterate person) | chăng-màng-ngù | |
| Esperanto | analfabeta(unable to read and write), analfabeto(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Finnish | kouluja käymätön(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), lukutaidoton(unable to read and write), sivistymätön(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), lukutaidoton(an illiterate person) | — | |
| French | analphabète(unable to read and write), analphabète(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), illettré(unable to read and write), illettrée(unable to read and write), analphabète(an illiterate person), illettré(an illiterate person), illettrée(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Georgian | წერა-კითხვის უცოდინარი(unable to read and write) | c̣era-ḳitxvis ucodinari | |
| German | analphabetisch(unable to read and write), ungebildet(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), ungebildet(not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing), ungelehrt(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), ungelehrt(not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing), Analphabet(an illiterate person), Analphabetin(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Greek | αγράμματος(unable to read and write), αναλφάβητος(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), αναλφάβητος(not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing), αναλφάβητος(an illiterate person) | agrámmatos, analfávitos, analfávitos, analfávitos | |
| Gujarati | અભણ(unable to read and write) | abhaṇ | |
| Hakka Chinese | 文盲(an illiterate person) | vùn-mòng | |
| Hebrew | אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ צוּרַת א׳(unable to read and write), אַנְאַלְפָבֵּית(unable to read and write) | einó yodéa' tzurát álef, analfabét | |
| Hindi | अनपढ़(unable to read and write), अशिक्षित(unable to read and write) | anpaṛh, aśikṣit | |
| Hungarian | analfabéta(unable to read and write), műveletlen(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), tanulatlan(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), írni-olvasni nem tudó(unable to read and write), írástudatlan(unable to read and write), analfabéta(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Indonesian | buta huruf(unable to read and write), niraksara(unable to read and write), tunaaksara(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Irish | ainléannta(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), neamhliteartha(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Italian | analfabeta(unable to read and write), illetterato(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), analfabeta(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Japanese | 文盲の(unable to read and write), 無学の(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), 読み書きができない(unable to read and write), 文盲(an illiterate person), 非識字者(an illiterate person) | monmou no, mugaku no, yomikaki ga dekinai, monmō, hishikijisha | |
| Korean | 글을 모르다(unable to read and write), 문맹의(unable to read and write), 문맹(an illiterate person) | geureul moreuda, munmaeng'ui, munmaeng | |
| Macedonian | неписмен(unable to read and write) | nepismen | |
| Malay | buta huruf(unable to read and write), tunaaksara(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Malayalam | നിരക്ഷരനായ(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), പഠിപ്പില്ലാത്ത(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), നിരക്ഷരൻ(an illiterate person) | nirakṣaranāya, paṭhippillātta, nirakṣaraṉ | |
| Māori | kū(w)are-ā-tuhi(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | nexwenda(unable to read and write), nexwendewar(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | analfabet(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | analfabet(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Old English | unstæfwīs(unable to read and write), unstæfwīs(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), unġelǣred(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature) | — | |
| Persian | بیسواد(unable to read and write), بیسواد(an illiterate person) | bi-savâd, bi-savâd | |
| Polish | analfabeta(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), analfabetka(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), niegramotny(unable to read and write), niepiśmienny(unable to read and write), analfabeta(an illiterate person), analfabetka(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Portuguese | analfabeto(unable to read and write), iletrado(unable to read and write), iletrado(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), analfabeta(an illiterate person), analfabeto(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Romanian | analfabet(unable to read and write), analfabet(an illiterate person), analfabetă(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Russian | безгра́мотный(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), безгра́мотный(not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing), неве́жественный(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), неве́жественный(not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing), негра́мотный(unable to read and write), необразо́ванный(unable to read and write), необразо́ванный(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), негра́мотный(an illiterate person) | bezgrámotnyj, bezgrámotnyj, nevéžestvennyj, nevéžestvennyj, negrámotnyj, neobrazóvannyj, neobrazóvannyj, negrámotnyj | |
| Serbo-Croatian | nèpismen(unable to read and write), нѐписмен(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Slovak | negramotný(unable to read and write), nevzdelaný(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Slovene | nepismen(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Spanish | analfabeto(unable to read and write), iletrado(unable to read and write), ágrafo(unable to read and write), analfabeta(an illiterate person), analfabeto(an illiterate person), iletrada(an illiterate person), iletrado(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Swedish | analfabetisk(unable to read and write), icke läskunnig(unable to read and write), illitterat(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), obildad(having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature), analfabet(an illiterate person) | — | |
| Tagalog | dinulat(unable to read and write), maang(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Ukrainian | негра́мотний(unable to read and write), неодуко́ваний(unable to read and write), неосві́чений(unable to read and write), неписьме́нний(unable to read and write) | nehrámotnyj, neodukóvanyj, neosvíčenyj, nepysʹménnyj | |
| Vietnamese | dốt nát(unable to read and write), mù chữ(unable to read and write), thất học(unable to read and write) | — | |
| Wu Chinese | 亮眼瞎子(an illiterate person) | ⁶lian-nge-haq-tsy |
savadsız
негра́мотен, необразо́ван, необразо́ван, неграмотен
negrámoten, neobrazóvan, neobrazóvan, negramoten
analfabet, illetrat, analfabet
negramotný, nevzdělaný
analfabetisk, analfabet
analfabeet, ongeletterd, analfabeet, ongeletterde
analfabeta, analfabeto
kouluja käymätön, lukutaidoton, sivistymätön, lukutaidoton
analphabète, analphabète, illettré, illettrée, analphabète, illettré, illettrée
analphabetisch, ungebildet, ungebildet, ungelehrt, ungelehrt, Analphabet, Analphabetin
αγράμματος, αναλφάβητος, αναλφάβητος, αναλφάβητος
agrámmatos, analfávitos, analfávitos, analfávitos
analfabéta, műveletlen, tanulatlan, írni-olvasni nem tudó, írástudatlan, analfabéta
buta huruf, niraksara, tunaaksara
ainléannta, neamhliteartha
analfabeta, illetterato, analfabeta
buta huruf, tunaaksara
kū(w)are-ā-tuhi
nexwenda, nexwendewar
analfabet
analfabet
unstæfwīs, unstæfwīs, unġelǣred
analfabeta, analfabetka, niegramotny, niepiśmienny, analfabeta, analfabetka
analfabeto, iletrado, iletrado, analfabeta, analfabeto
analfabet, analfabet, analfabetă
безгра́мотный, безгра́мотный, неве́жественный, неве́жественный, негра́мотный, необразо́ванный, необразо́ванный, негра́мотный
bezgrámotnyj, bezgrámotnyj, nevéžestvennyj, nevéžestvennyj, negrámotnyj, neobrazóvannyj, neobrazóvannyj, negrámotnyj
nèpismen, нѐписмен
negramotný, nevzdelaný
nepismen
analfabeto, iletrado, ágrafo, analfabeta, analfabeto, iletrada, iletrado
analfabetisk, icke läskunnig, illitterat, obildad, analfabet
dinulat, maang
негра́мотний, неодуко́ваний, неосві́чений, неписьме́нний
nehrámotnyj, neodukóvanyj, neosvíčenyj, nepysʹménnyj
dốt nát, mù chữ, thất học
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