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单词 ignorant
释义

ignorant

See also: Ignorant

English

Alternative forms

  • ignoraunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French ignorant. Surface analysis: ignore +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪɡnəɹənt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: ig‧no‧rant

Adjective

ignorant (comparative ignoranter or more ignorant, superlative ignorantest or most ignorant)

  1. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
    • 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious:
      That man that doth not know those things which are of use and necessity for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides;
    • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, London: F. Newbery, Volume I, Chapter 15, p. 150,
      The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without an heart?
  2. Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Corinthians 1:8:
      For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
    • 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence and Fall of Man, London: Henry Herringman, Act II, p. 14,
      Eve. Somewhat forbids me, which I cannot name;
      For ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame:
      But some restraining thought, I know not why,
      Tells me, you long should beg, I long deny.
    • 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,
      […] perhaps it is sometimes the case that the greatest artists live and die, the world and themselves alike ignorant what they possess.
    • 1921, John T. McCutcheon, The Restless Age, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, p. 179,
      That night he slept the sleep of happiness, blissfully ignorant that he had placed the letters in the wrong envelopes.
  3. (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
    His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.
  4. (obsolete) unknown; undiscovered
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii]:
      Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
    • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
      […] I beseech you,
      If you know aught which does behove my knowledge
      Thereof to be inform’d, imprison't not
      In ignorant concealment.
    • 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,
      […] as to you, your goodness and understanding will always see to the bottom of involuntary or ignorant faults—always help me to correct them.
  5. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
    • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:
      […] his shipping—
      Poor ignorant baubles!— upon our terrible seas,
      Like eggshells moved upon their surges, crack’d
      As easily ’gainst our rocks:
    • 1916, Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger edited by Albert Paine, New York: Harper & Bros., Chapter 8, p. 112,
      He had never felt a pain or a sorrow, and did not know what they were, in any really informing way. He had no knowledge of them except theoretically—that is to say, intellectually. And of course that is no good. One can never get any but a loose and ignorant notion of such things except by experience.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:ignorant

Derived terms

  • ignorantly
  • agnorant
  • ignorable
  • ignoramus
  • ignorance
  • ignore

Translations

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Noun

ignorant (plural ignorants)

  1. One who is ignorant.

Anagrams

  • ornating

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /iɡ.noˈɾant/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /iɡ.nuˈɾan/

Etymology 1

From Latin ignōrāns.

Adjective

ignorant (masculine and feminine plural ignorants)

  1. ignorant
  • ignorància
  • ignorar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ignorant

  1. present participle of ignorar

Further reading

  • “ignorant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “ignorant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
  • “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

  1. ignoramus, ignorant
    Synonyms: nevědomec, neználek
    Antonym: znalec
    Antonym: vševěd
  • ignorovat

Further reading

  • ignorant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ignorant in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • ignorant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

Etymology

From Latin ignōrāns (“not knowing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [injoˈʁɑnˀd̥], [enjoˈʁɑnˀd̥], [inoˈʁɑnˀd̥]

Adjective

ignorant (plural and definite singular attributive ignorante)

  1. ignorant

Inflection

ignorant

Noun

ignorant c (singular definite ignoranten, plural indefinite ignoranter)

  1. ignoramus

Inflection

Declension of ignorant
common
gender		SingularPlural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativeignorantignorantenignoranterignoranterne
genitiveignorantsignorantensignorantersignoranternes

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪɣnoˈrɑnt/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

ignorant (comparative ignoranter, superlative ignorantst)

  1. ignorant

Inflection

Inflection of ignorant
uninflectedignorant
inflectedignorante
comparativeignoranter
positivecomparativesuperlative
predicative/adverbialignorantignoranterhet ignorantst
het ignorantste
indefinitem./f. sing.ignoranteignorantereignorantste
n. sing.ignorantignoranterignorantste
pluralignoranteignorantereignorantste
definiteignoranteignorantereignorantste
partitiveignorantsignoranters—

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃/
  • Homophone: ignorants
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Latin ignōrāns.

Adjective

ignorant (feminine ignorante, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantes)

  1. ignorant
  • ignorance
  • ignorer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

ignorant

  1. 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/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

ignorant (strong nominative masculine singular ignoranter, comparative ignoranter, superlative am ignorantesten)

  1. willfully ignorant, arrogantly disinterested in knowlegde

Declension

Positive forms of ignorant
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuterall genders
predicativeer ist ignorantsie ist ignorantes ist ignorantsie sind ignorant
strong declension
(without article)		nominativeignoranterignoranteignorantesignorante
genitiveignorantenignoranterignorantenignoranter
dativeignorantemignoranterignorantemignoranten
accusativeignorantenignoranteignorantesignorante
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder ignorantedie ignorantedas ignorantedie ignoranten
genitivedes ignorantender ignorantendes ignorantender ignoranten
dativedem ignorantender ignorantendem ignorantenden ignoranten
accusativeden ignorantendie ignorantedas ignorantedie ignoranten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein ignorantereine ignoranteein ignorantes(keine) ignoranten
genitiveeines ignoranteneiner ignoranteneines ignoranten(keiner) ignoranten
dativeeinem ignoranteneiner ignoranteneinem ignoranten(keinen) ignoranten
accusativeeinen ignoranteneine ignoranteein ignorantes(keine) ignoranten
Comparative forms of ignorant
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuterall genders
predicativeer ist ignorantersie ist ignoranteres ist ignorantersie sind ignoranter
strong declension
(without article)		nominativeignorantererignorantereignoranteresignorantere
genitiveignoranterenignorantererignoranterenignoranterer
dativeignoranteremignorantererignoranteremignoranteren
accusativeignoranterenignorantereignoranteresignorantere
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder ignoranteredie ignoranteredas ignoranteredie ignoranteren
genitivedes ignoranterender ignoranterendes ignoranterender ignoranteren
dativedem ignoranterender ignoranterendem ignoranterenden ignoranteren
accusativeden ignoranterendie ignoranteredas ignoranteredie ignoranteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein ignoranterereine ignorantereein ignoranteres(keine) ignoranteren
genitiveeines ignorantereneiner ignorantereneines ignoranteren(keiner) ignoranteren
dativeeinem ignorantereneiner ignorantereneinem ignoranteren(keinen) ignoranteren
accusativeeinen ignorantereneine ignorantereein ignoranteres(keine) ignoranteren
Superlative forms of ignorant
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuterall genders
predicativeer ist am ignorantestensie ist am ignorantestenes ist am ignorantestensie sind am ignorantesten
strong declension
(without article)		nominativeignorantesterignorantesteignorantestesignoranteste
genitiveignorantestenignorantesterignorantestenignorantester
dativeignorantestemignorantesterignorantestemignorantesten
accusativeignorantestenignorantesteignorantestesignoranteste
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder ignorantestedie ignorantestedas ignorantestedie ignorantesten
genitivedes ignorantestender ignorantestendes ignorantestender ignorantesten
dativedem ignorantestender ignorantestendem ignorantestenden ignorantesten
accusativeden ignorantestendie ignorantestedas ignorantestedie ignorantesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein ignorantestereine ignorantesteein ignorantestes(keine) ignorantesten
genitiveeines ignorantesteneiner ignorantesteneines ignorantesten(keiner) ignorantesten
dativeeinem ignorantesteneiner ignorantesteneinem ignorantesten(keinen) ignorantesten
accusativeeinen ignorantesteneine ignorantesteein ignorantestes(keine) ignorantesten
  • Ignorant
  • Ignoranz
  • ignorieren

Further reading

  • “ignorant” in Duden online
  • “ignorant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /iɡˈnoː.rant/, [ɪŋˈnoːrän̪t̪]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iɲˈɲo.rant/, [iɲˈɲɔːrän̪t̪]

Verb

ignōrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ignōrō

Verb

ignōrant

  1. third-person plural pluperfect active indicative of ignōscō

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ignōrāns.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Adjective

ignorant m (feminine singular ignoranta, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantas)

  1. ignorant
  • ignoráncia
  • ignorar

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iɲuˈraŋt/

Adjective

ignorant

  1. ignorant
  • ignoransa
  • ignoré

Noun

ignorant m

  1. ignorant (person)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ignōrantis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iɡˈnɔ.rant/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrant
  • Syllabification: ig‧no‧rant

Noun

ignorant m pers (feminine ignorantka)

  1. ignorant

Declension

Declension of ignorant
singularplural
nominativeignorantignoranci
genitiveignorantaignorantów
dativeignorantowiignorantom
accusativeignorantaignorantów
instrumentalignorantemignorantami
locativeignorancieignorantach
vocativeignorancieignoranci

Derived terms

adjective
  • ignorancki
noun
  • ignorancja

Further reading

  • ignorant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ignorant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French ignorant.

Adjective

ignorant m or n (feminine singular ignorantă, masculine plural ignoranți, feminine and neuter plural ignorante)

  1. ignorant

Declension
Declension of ignorant
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite ignorant ignorantă ignoranți ignorante
definite ignorantul ignoranta ignoranții ignorantele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite ignorant ignorante ignoranți ignorante
definite ignorantului ignorantei ignoranților ignorantelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iɡnǒrant/
  • Hyphenation: ig‧no‧rant

Noun

ignòrant m (Cyrillic spelling игно̀рант)

  1. ignorant

Declension

Declension of ignorant
singularplural
nominativeignòrantignoranti
genitiveignorantaignòranātā
dativeignorantuignorantima
accusativeignorantaignorante
vocativeignoranteignoranti
locativeignorantuignorantima
instrumentalignorantomignorantima
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