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Illiterate - English meaning

Illiterate – definitions in English dictionary

adjective

Unable to read or write.

Usage examples:

His parents were illiterate

Synonims:

Unable to read or writeUnletteredAnalphabeticFunctionally illiterate
noun

A person who is unable to read or write.

Usage examples:

This reminds me of a quote from italo calvino (who was most certainly literate): ‘the ratio of lite…
adjective

Not knowing how to read and write

adjective

Unable to read and write

Usage examples:

More than half of the country's population of 8m are illiterate., to be computer illiterate, econom…

Illiterate translation into English

Illiterate: translate from English into Chinese

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文盲, 蒙

Illiterate: translate from English into Dutch

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Analfabeet, Ongeletterd, Analfabetisch, Ongeleerd, Onbelezen

Illiterate: translate from English into French

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Analphabète, Illettré, Ignorant

Illiterate: translate from English into German

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Analphabet, Analphabetin, Analphabetisch, Des lesens und schreibens unkundig

Illiterate: translate from English into Hindi

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निरक्षर, अनपढ़, अशिक्षित, विद्याहीन

Illiterate: translate from English into Italian

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Analfabeta, Illetterato, Ignorante

Illiterate: translate from English into Korean

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읽고 쓸 줄 모르는

Illiterate: translate from English into Russian

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Неграмотный, Безграмотный, Необразованный, Неуч, Невежда

Illiterate: translate from English into Spanish

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Analfabeto, Iletrado, Inculto, Sin instrucción, Poco instruido, Iliterado

Word origin

late Middle English: from Latin illitteratus, from in- ‘not’ + litteratus (see literate).

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Illiterate synonims

analphabetic

adjective

Representing sounds by composite signs rather than by single letters or symbols.

Usage examples:

Chinese has an analphabetic writing system
Analphabetic - all meanings in English

unlettered

adjective

(of a person) poorly educated or illiterate.

Usage examples:

It seems common to consider the mfdp as a group of uneducated farmers or unlettered peasants, yet i…
Unlettered - all meanings in English

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