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/stypid/

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Translation

stupid

Word origin

From Latin stupidus ('struck senseless, amazed, dull'), from stupere ('to be stunned or amazed').

Origin
Latin
Root
stupidus
English cognates
stupid, stupor, stupendous

Grammar

Examples

C' .

It is stupid to take such a risk for nothing.

l' .

He made a stupid remark in the middle of the meeting and everyone stared at him.

.

I feel really stupid for not having seen that before.

C' .

It is a stupid mistake that anyone can make.

, .

Do not feel stupid, the question was a difficult one.

est un adjectif invariable en genre (stupide / stupides au pluriel). Il est synonyme de idiot et bete mais avec une connotation generalement plus forte dans le registre courant. Stupidement est l'adverbe derive.

Stupidite (f) est le nom associe : quelle stupidite ! (how stupid!). C'est stupide (that's stupid) exprime le desaccord ou la consternation. En registre soutenu, insense ou irrationnel sont des synonymes plus formels. Faire une stupidite (to do something stupid) est une expression courante.

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This word is part of lesson 13.