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{{also|Ignorant}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|ignoraunt||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}
From {{der|en|fro|ignorant}}. {{surf|en|ignore|-ant}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɪɡnəɹənt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-ignorant.ogg|a=US}}
* {{hyph|en|ig|no|rant}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er|more}}

# [[unknowledgeable|Unknowledgeable]] or [[uneducated]]; characterized by [[ignorance]].
#* {{RQ:Tillotson Works|sermon=I|passage=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;}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1766|author=w:Oliver Goldsmith|title=w:The Vicar of Wakefield|location=London|publisher=F. Newbery|volume=I|chapter=15|page=150|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004897279.0001.001
|passage=The '''ignorant''' peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without an heart?}}
# Not [[know]]ing (a fact or facts), [[unaware]] (''of'' something).
#* {{RQ:KJV|2 Corinthians|1|8|text=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:}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1677|author=w:John Dryden|title=The State of Innocence and Fall of Man|location=London|publisher=Henry Herringman|section=act II|page=14|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36695.0001.001
|passage=''Eve''. Somewhat forbids me, which I cannot name;<br>For '''ignorant''' of guilt, I fear not shame:<br>But some restraining thought, I know not why,<br>Tells me, you long should beg, I long deny.}}
#* '''1851''', {{w|Walt Whitman}}, “Art and Artists” in {{w|Emory Holloway}} (editor), ''The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman'', Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921, Volume 1, p. 242,<sup>[https://archive.org/details/uncollectedpoetr01whituoft]</sup>
#*: {{...}} perhaps it is sometimes the case that the greatest artists live and die, the world and themselves alike '''ignorant''' what they possess.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1921|author=w:John T. McCutcheon|title=The Restless Age|location=Indianapolis|publisher=Bobbs-Merrill|page=179|url=https://archive.org/details/restlessage00mccurich
|passage=That night he slept the sleep of happiness, blissfully '''ignorant''' that he had placed the letters in the wrong envelopes.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} [[ill-mannered|Ill-mannered]], [[crude]].
#: {{ux|en|His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally '''ignorant'''.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[unknown]]; [[undiscovered]]
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Othello|IV|2|text=Alas, what '''ignorant''' sin have I committed?}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Winter's Tale|I|2|text={{...}} I beseech you,<br>If you know aught which does behove my knowledge<br>Thereof to be inform’d, imprison't not<br>In '''ignorant''' concealment.}}
#* '''1845''', {{w|Robert Browning}}, letter addressed to {{w|Elizabeth Barrett Browning}}, cited in {{w|Percy Lubbock}}, ''Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Her Letters'', London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1906, Chapter 4, p. 106,<sup>[https://archive.org/details/elizabethbarrett00lubbuoft]</sup>
#*: {{...}} as to you, your goodness and understanding will always see to the bottom of involuntary or '''ignorant''' faults—always help me to correct them.
# Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Cymbeline|III|1|text={{...}} his shipping—<br>Poor '''ignorant''' baubles!— upon our terrible seas,<br>Like eggshells moved upon their surges, crack’d<br>As easily ’gainst our rocks:}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1916|author=w:Mark Twain|title=w:The Mysterious Stranger|editor=w:Albert Paine|location=New York|publisher=Harper & Bros.|chapter=8|page=112|url=https://archive.org/details/mysteriousstrang00twaiuoft
|passage=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====
{{col3|en|ignorantly|pig-ignorant}}

====Related terms====
{{col4|en
|agnorant
|ignorable
|ignoramus
|ignorance
|ignore
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|characterized by ignorance}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|injorant}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جَاهِل}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|جاهل|tr=gāhil}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|جاهل|m|tr=jāhil}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տգետ}}, {{t+|hy|անգրագետ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|inorante}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|cahil}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|наҙан}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|ezjakin}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|не́вуцкі}}, {{t|be|неадукава́ны}}, {{t|be|нягра́матны}}, {{t|be|няпісьме́нны}}, {{t+|be|цёмны}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|негра́мотен}}, {{t+|bg|необразо́ван}}, {{t+|bg|неу́к}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|ignorant}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|無知|tr=wúzhī}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|ignorantský}}, {{t|cs|nevzdělaný}}, {{t|cs|neznalý}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|onwetend}}, {{t+|nl|ignorant}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|malklera}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tietämätön}}, {{t+|fi|moukka}}
* French: {{t+|fr|ignorant}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|ignorante}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|ignorant}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃}}, {{t|got|𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃}}, {{t|got|𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αδαής}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀμαθής}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|अज्ञान}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tudatlan}}, {{t+|hu|tájékozatlan}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bebal}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ainbhiosach}}, {{t|ga|aibéiseach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ignorante}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|無知|tr=むち, muchi}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|бейхабар}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ល្ងង់ខ្លៅ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|무지하다}}, {{t+|ko|무식하다}}, {{t|ko|무학하다}}, {{t|ko|[[배우다|배운]] [[데]] [[없다]]}}, {{t+|ko|멍청하다}} {{qualifier|informal}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+check|ckb|نەزان}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|nezan}}
* Latin: {{t|la|inscītus}}, {{t|la|ignārus}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|не́ук}}, {{t|mk|необра́зован}}, {{t|mk|не́писмен}}, {{t|mk|непро́светен}}, {{t|mk|негра́мотен}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|jahil}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പാമരൻ}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|bestial}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|innouothant}} {{q|Jersey}}
* Norwegian Bokmål: {{t+|nb|uvitende}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|ignorant}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|unġewiss}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|نادان|tr=nâdân}}, {{t+|fa|عامی|tr='âmi}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|ignorancki}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ignorante}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਬੇਖਬਰ}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|ignorant}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|неве́жественный}}, {{t+|ru|необразо́ванный}}, {{t+|ru|негра́мотный}}, {{t+|ru|тёмный}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|ainfhiosach}}, {{t|gd|ainfhiosrach}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|nevzdelaný}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|neveden}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|ignorante}}, {{t+|es|ignaro}}, {{t+|es|desentendido}}, {{t|es|nesciente}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ovetande}}, {{t+|sv|okunnig}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|bano}}, {{t|tl|mangmang}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|cahil}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|не́уцький}}, {{t|uk|неосві́чений}}, {{t|uk|неодуко́ваний}}, {{t|uk|неписьме́нний}}, {{t|uk|негра́мотний}}, {{t+|uk|те́мний}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|ngu dốt}}, {{t+|vi|dốt nát}}, {{t+|vi|mù chữ}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|anwybodus}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|unaware}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|senscia}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Manx: {{t-check|gv|almoragh}}, {{t-check|gv|neuhoiggalagh}}, {{t-check|gv|neuynsit}}, {{t-check|gv|lag-hastagh}}, {{t-check|gv|neuhoiggaltagh}}, {{t-check|gv|lag-hushtagh}}, {{t-check|gv|anoayllagh}}, {{t-check|gv|meehushtagh}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|inculto}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# One who is ignorant.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aginnort|ornating}}

{{c|en|People|Mind}}

==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|ca|la|ignōrāns|ignōrantem}}.

====Adjective====
{{ca-adj}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|ca|ignorància}}
* {{l|ca|ignorar}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|ca|gerund}}

# {{gerund of|ca|ignorar}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|cs|orant|s=3}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|m-an}}

# [[ignoramus]], {{l|en|ignorant}}
#: {{syn|cs|nevědomec|neználek}}
#: {{ant|cs|znalec}}
#: {{ant|cs|vševěd}}

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|m.an}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|cs|ignorovat}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
* {{R:cs:ASCS}}

{{C|cs|People}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|da|la|ignōrāns||not knowing}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|[injoˈʁɑnˀd̥]|[enjoˈʁɑnˀd̥]|[inoˈʁɑnˀd̥]}}

===Adjective===
{{da-adj||e}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}}

====Inflection====
{{da-adj}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun|en|er}}

# [[ignoramus]]

====Inflection====
{{da-noun-infl|en|er}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˌɪɣnoːˈrɑnt/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-ignorant.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{nl-adj}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}}

====Declension====
{{nl-decl-adj}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{homophones|fr|ignorants}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-ignorant.ogg}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|fr|la|ignōrāns|ignōrantem}}.

====Adjective====
{{fr-adj}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|fr|ignorance}}
* {{l|fr|ignorer}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Participle====
{{head|fr|present participle}}

# {{present participle of|fr|ignorer}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==German==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|de|la|ignōrāns}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/ɪɡnɔˈʁant/}}
* {{audio|de|De-ignorant.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|de|ant|s=3}}

===Adjective===
{{de-adj|comp}}

# [[#English|willfully]] [[#English|ignorant]], [[#English|arrogantly]] [[#English|disinterested]] in [[#English|knowledge]]

====Declension====
{{de-adecl|comp}}

====Related terms====
{{col3|de
|Ignorant
|Ignoranz
|ignorieren
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

==Latin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|ignōrant}}

===Etymology 1===

====Verb====
{{head|la|verb form|head=ignōrant}}

# {{inflection of|la|ignōrō||3|p|pres|actv|ind}}

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|la|verb form|head=ignōrant}}

# {{inflection of|la|ignōscō||3|p|plup|actv|ind}}

==Occitan==

===Etymology===
From {{der|oc|la|ignōrāns}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|oc|LL-Q14185 (oci)-Davidgrosclaude-ignorant.wav}}

===Adjective===
{{oc-adj}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|oc|ignoráncia}}
* {{l|oc|ignorar}}

==Piedmontese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|pms|/iɲuˈraŋt/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|pms|adjective}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|pms|ignoransa}}
* {{l|pms|ignoré}}

===Noun===
{{head|pms|noun|g=m}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}} {{gloss|person}}

==Polish==

===Etymology===
{{lbor|pl|la|ignōrantis}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-ignorant.wav}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-pr|f=ignorantka}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-pr}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=adjective|ignorancki}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=noun|ignorancja}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|Male people}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|ignorant}}.

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}}

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/iɡnǒrant/}}
* {{hyph|sh|ig|no|rant}}

===Noun===
{{sh-noun|g=m|head=ignòrant}}

# {{l|en|ignorant}}

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun
|ignòrant|ignoranti
|ignoranta|ignòranātā
|ignorantu|ignorantima
|ignoranta|ignorante
|ignorante|ignoranti
|ignorantu|ignorantima
|ignorantom|ignorantima
}}

{{C|sh|People}}