handicapped

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhændikæpt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

handicapped

1. simple past and past participle of handicap

Adjective

handicapped (comparative more handicapped, superlative most handicapped)

1. (sometimes considered offensive) Having a handicap.

   handicapped person

   handicapped man

2. (derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind.

Usage notes

Many health advocates advise against describing a disabled person as being handicapped (cf. physically challenged and with disabilities).

Derived terms

• handicapable
• handicapped-accessible
• handicapped permit
• handicapped sign
• handicapped space
• mentally handicapped
• multihandicapped
• nonhandicapped
• polyhandicapped
• unhandicapped

Translations

having a handicap

Azerbaijani: əlil (az) Catalan: disminuït (ca), minusvàlid (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 殘疾人 / 残疾人 (zh) (cánjírén), 殘疾 / 残疾 (zh) (cánjí) Dutch: gehandicapt (nl), behinderd, invalide (nl), andersvalide (nl), mindervalide (nl), gebrekkig (nl), beperkt (nl) Finnish: vammainen (fi), vajaakykyinen (fi) French: handicapé (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: behindert (de) Greek: ανάπηρος (el) (anápiros) Hebrew: נכה (he) m (nakhe) Hindi: विकलांगता f (viklāṅgtā) Hungarian: fogyatékos (hu) Italian: handicappato (it) m Japanese: 障害者 (ja) (しょうがいしゃ, shōgaisha) Korean: 불리한 (bullihan) Latin: mancus, claudus Malay: kurang upaya Maori: hauā Norwegian: Bokmål: funksjonshemmet Plautdietsch: behindat Polish: niepełnosprawny (pl) Portuguese: deficiente (pt) Russian: инвали́д (ru) (invalíd) Serbo-Croatian: хендикепиран, hendikepiran (sh) Sicilian: cappatu m Spanish: minusválido (es), discapacitado (es) Telugu: అవిటి (te) (aviṭi) Turkish: engelli (tr), özürlü (tr)

Limited by an impediment of some kind

Maori: pūheki, pūwheki Swedish: handikappad (sv), funktionsnedsatt (sv), funktionshindrad (sv)

See also

• disabled
• impaired

Noun

handicapped (plural handicappeds)

1. (India) A disabled person.