adjective · rare

illiterate

illiterate · more illiterate · most illiterate

неписьменний, неосвічений, неграмотний, неодукований

необразованный, невежественный, безграмотный, неграмотный

ungebildet, ungelehrt, analphabetisch

Unable to read and writeUnable to read and write.

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/ɪˈlɪtəɹət/

» I suspect Tom and Mary are illiterate.

Я підозрюю, що Том і Мері неписьменні.

Meaning

4 senses

Unable to read and write.
About half of the population in Ethiopia is illiterate.
analphabetisch
негра́мотныйnegrámotnyj, необразо́ванныйneobrazóvannyj
негра́мотнийnehrámotnyj, неписьме́ннийnepysʹménnyj, неосві́ченийneosvíčenyj
not able to read or write
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
ungebildet, ungelehrt
безгра́мотныйbezgrámotnyj, необразо́ванныйneobrazóvannyj, неве́жественныйnevéžestvennyj
lacking culture, especially in language and literature
Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
ungebildet, ungelehrt
безгра́мотныйbezgrámotnyj, неве́жественныйnevéžestvennyj
Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.
technologically illiterate, economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate

Examples

83 sentences

I suspect Tom and Mary are illiterate.
Я підозрюю, що Том і Мері неписьменні.
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I suspect that Tom and Mary are illiterate.
Я підозрюю, що Том і Мері неписьменні.
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Are you illiterate?
Ти що, неписьменний?
ruТы неграмотный?
deBist du Analphabet?
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I'm not illiterate.
Я не неписьменний.
ruЯ не неграмотный.
deIch bin kein Analphabet.
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I wonder if Tom is illiterate.
ruДумаю, не неграмотен ли Том.
deIch frage mich, ob Tom überhaupt lesen und schreiben kann.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

unable to read and write:

Русский

By meaning 2

unable to read and write:

having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

unable to read and write:

having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature:

Origin

First attested in 1425–1475, in Middle English; from Middle English illiterat(e) (“uneduca

First attested in 1425–1475, in Middle English; from Middle English illiterat(e) (“uneducated, ignorant of Latin”), borrowed from Latin illīterātus, illitterātus (“unlearned, ignorant”), itself from in- (“un-”) + līterātus, litterātus (“furnished with letters”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lītera, littera (“letter, character”). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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