ignorant

== English == === Alternative forms === ignoraunt (obsolete) ignant === Etymology === From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore +‎ -ant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪɡnəɹənt/ (African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): /ˈɪɡnənt/ Hyphenation: ig‧no‧rant === Adjective === ignorant (comparative ignoranter or more ignorant, superlative ignorantest or most ignorant) Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance. Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something). 1851, Walt Whitman, “Art and Artists” in Emory Holloway (editor), The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921, Volume 1, p. 242,[3] […] perhaps it is sometimes the case that the greatest artists live and die, the world and themselves alike ignorant what they possess. (slang) Ill-mannered, crude. (obsolete) Unknown; undiscovered 1845, Robert Browning, letter addressed to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, cited in Percy Lubbock, Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Her Letters, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1906, Chapter 4, p. 106,[5] […] as to you, your goodness and understanding will always see to the bottom of involuntary or ignorant faults—always help me to correct them. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:ignorant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ignorant (plural ignorants) One who is ignorant. === Anagrams === ornating == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [iŋ.nuˈɾan] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [iŋ.noˈɾant] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin ignōrantem. ==== Adjective ==== ignorant m or f (masculine and feminine plural ignorants) ignorant ===== Related terms ===== ignorància ignorar === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== ignorant gerund of ignorar === Further reading === “ignorant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “ignorant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “ignorant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “ignorant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɪɡnorant] Rhymes: -orant === Noun === ignorant m anim (female equivalent ignorantka) ignoramus, ignorant Synonyms: nevědomec, neználek Antonym: znalec Antonym: vševěd ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ignorant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “ignorant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “ignorant”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin ignōrāns (“not knowing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [injoˈʁɑnˀd̥], [enjoˈʁɑnˀd̥], [inoˈʁɑnˀd̥] === Adjective === ignorant (plural and definite singular attributive ignorante) ignorant ==== Inflection ==== ignorant === Noun === ignorant c (singular definite ignoranten, plural indefinite ignoranter) ignoramus ==== Inflection ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɪɣnoːˈrɑnt/ === Adjective === ignorant (comparative ignoranter, superlative ignorantst) ignorant ==== Declension ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃/ Homophone: ignorants === Etymology 1 === From Latin ignōrantem. ==== Adjective ==== ignorant (feminine ignorante, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantes) ignorant ===== Related terms ===== ignorance ignorer === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== ignorant present participle of ignorer === Further reading === “ignorant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ignōrāns. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪɡnɔˈʁant/ Rhymes: -ant === Adjective === ignorant (strong nominative masculine singular ignoranter, comparative ignoranter, superlative am ignorantesten) willfully ignorant, arrogantly disinterested in knowledge ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ignorant” in Duden online “ignorant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈnoː.rant] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɲˈɲɔː.rant] === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== ignōrant third-person plural present active indicative of ignōrō === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ignōrant third-person plural pluperfect active indicative of ignōscō == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin ignōrāns. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === ignorant m (feminine singular ignoranta, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantas) ignorant ==== Related terms ==== ignoráncia ignorar == Piedmontese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iɲuˈraŋt/ === Adjective === ignorant ignorant ==== Related terms ==== ignoransa ignoré === Noun === ignorant m ignorant (person) == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ignōrantis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iɡˈnɔ.rant/ Rhymes: -ɔrant Syllabification: ig‧no‧rant === Noun === ignorant m pers (female equivalent ignorantka) ignorant ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === ignorant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN ignorant in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ignorant. === Adjective === ignorant m or n (feminine singular ignorantă, masculine plural ignoranți, feminine/neuter plural ignorante) ignorant ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iɡnǒrant/ Hyphenation: ig‧no‧rant === Noun === ignòrant m anim (Cyrillic spelling игно̀рант) ignorant ==== Declension ====