mongoloide

See also: mongolóide

Italian

Etymology

From mongolo +‎ -oide.

Adjective

mongoloide m or f by sense (plural mongoloidi)

1. mongol, mongoloid

Noun

mongoloide m or f by sense (plural mongoloidi)

1. mongol
2. (offensive) moron

Related terms

• mongolismo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mongolóide (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From mongol (“Mongol”) +‎ -oide.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.ɡoˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/ [mõ.ɡoˈlɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.ɡoˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/ [mõ.ɡoˈlɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.ɡoˈlɔj.de/ [mõ.ɡoˈlɔɪ̯.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.ɡuˈlɔj.dɨ/ [mõ.ɡuˈlɔj.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: mon‧go‧loi‧de

Noun

mongoloide m or f by sense (plural mongoloides)

1. (anthropology) mongoloid (member of the race native to North Asia, East Asia, Oceania and Greenland)
2. (offensive) mongoloid (someone with Down’s syndrome)
3. (offensive) mongoloid; retard; idiot (generic term of abuse)

   Synonyms: retardado, idiota

Adjective

mongoloide m or f (plural mongoloides)

1. (offensive) having Down's syndrome

Related terms

• mongol
• mongolismo

Further reading

• “mongoloide”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mongoloide”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “mongoloide”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monɡoˈloide/ [mõŋ.ɡoˈloi̯.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -oide
• Syllabification: mon‧go‧loi‧de

Adjective

mongoloide m or f (masculine and feminine plural mongoloides)

1. Mongoloid

Noun

mongoloide m or f by sense (plural mongoloides)

1. Mongoloid

Further reading

• “mongoloide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Adjective

mongoloide

1. definite natural masculine singular of mongoloid