crétin
French, noun/kʁe.tɛ̃/
crétin is spelled C-R-É-T-I-N (6 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crétin is a French masculine noun meaning “cretin (someone affected by cretinism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est affecté de crétinisme ou, par extension, de myxœdème congénital”.
What does crétin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecretin (someone affected by cretinism)
- 2
derogatorymasculineoffensivecretin (moron; idiot etc.)
adjective
- 1
derogatoryoffensivecretinous (stupid; idiotic etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui est affecté de crétinisme ou, par extension, de myxœdème congénital. 2. Idiot.
adjective: 1. Idiot, stupide, bête. 2. Qui a atteint un degré de bêtise indescriptible, voir, irrécupérable.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of crétin
- crétins plural
- crétine feminine
- crétines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crétin?
- /kʁe.tɛ̃/
- \kʁe.tɛ̃\
- [kʁe.tɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crétin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crétin in French?
crétin appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).