# ignorant
## English
### Alternative forms

* ignoraunt (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old French ignorant. By surface analysis, ignore +‎ -ant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪɡnəɹənt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: ig‧no‧rant

### Adjective

ignorant (comparative ignoranter or more ignorant, superlative ignorantest or most ignorant)
* Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
** 1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], 8th edition, London: […] T. Goodwin, B[enjamin] Tooke, and J. Pemberton, […]; J. Round […], and J[acob] Tonson] […], published 1720, →OCLC: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;
** 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 15, in The Vicar of Wakefield‎, volume I, London: F. Newbery, page 150:The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without an heart?
* Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 1:8: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:
** 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence and Fall of Man‎, London: Henry Herringman, act II, page 14:Eve. Somewhat forbids me, which I cannot name; For ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame: But some restraining thought, I know not why, Tells me, you long should beg, I long deny.
** 1851, Walt Whitman, “Art and Artists” in Emory Holloway (editor), The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921, Volume 1, p. 242,
    […] perhaps it is sometimes the case that the greatest artists live and die, the world and themselves alike ignorant what they possess.
** 1921, John T. McCutcheon, The Restless Age‎, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 179:That night he slept the sleep of happiness, blissfully ignorant that he had placed the letters in the wrong envelopes.
* (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
    His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.
* (obsolete) unknown; undiscovered
** c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
** c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:[…] I beseech you, If you know aught which does behove my knowledge Thereof to be inform’d, imprison't not In ignorant concealment.
** 1845, Robert Browning, letter addressed to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, cited in Percy Lubbock, Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Her Letters, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1906, Chapter 4, p. 106,
    […] 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.
** 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:[…] his shipping— Poor ignorant baubles!— upon our terrible seas, Like eggshells moved upon their surges, crack’d As easily ’gainst our rocks:
** 1916, Mark Twain, chapter 8, in Albert Paine, editor, The Mysterious Stranger‎, New York: Harper & Bros., page 112: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

* ignorantly
* pig-ignorant

#### Related terms

* agnorant
* ignorable
* ignoramus
* ignorance
* ignore

#### Translations

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### Noun

ignorant (plural ignorants)
* One who is ignorant.

### Anagrams

* ornating

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [iŋ.nuˈɾan]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [iŋ.noˈɾant]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ignōrantem.

#### Adjective

ignorant m or f (masculine and feminine plural ignorants)
* ignorant

##### Related terms

* ignorància
* ignorar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ignorant
* gerund of ignorar

### Further reading

* “ignorant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ignorant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ignorant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ignorant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪɡnorant]
* Rhymes: -orant

### Noun

ignorant m anim
* ignoramus, ignorant
    Synonyms: nevědomec, neználek
    Antonym: znalec
    Antonym: vševěd

#### Related terms

* ignorovat

### Further reading

* “ignorant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ignorant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* ignorant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin ignōrāns (“not knowing”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [injoˈʁɑnˀd̥], [enjoˈʁɑnˀd̥], [inoˈʁɑnˀd̥]

### Adjective

ignorant (plural and definite singular attributive ignorante)
* ignorant

#### Inflection

ignorant

### Noun

ignorant c (singular definite ignoranten, plural indefinite ignoranter)
* ignoramus

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɪɣnoːˈrɑnt/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

ignorant (comparative ignoranter, superlative ignorantst)
* ignorant

#### Declension
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃/
* Homophone: ignorants
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Latin ignōrantem.

#### Adjective

ignorant (feminine ignorante, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantes)
* ignorant

##### Related terms

* ignorance
* ignorer

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

ignorant
* present participle of ignorer

### Further reading

* “ignorant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ignōrāns.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪɡnɔˈʁant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

### Adjective

ignorant (strong nominative masculine singular ignoranter, comparative ignoranter, superlative am ignorantesten)
* willfully ignorant, arrogantly disinterested in knowledge

#### Related terms

* Ignorant
* Ignoranz
* ignorieren

### Further reading

* “ignorant” in Duden online
* “ignorant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /iɡˈnoː.rant/, [ɪŋˈnoːrän̪t̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /iɲˈɲo.rant/, [iɲˈɲɔːrän̪t̪]

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

ignōrant
* third-person plural present active indicative of ignōrō

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ignōrant
* third-person plural pluperfect active indicative of ignōscō

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin ignōrāns.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

ignorant m (feminine singular ignoranta, masculine plural ignorants, feminine plural ignorantas)
* ignorant

#### Related terms

* ignoráncia
* ignorar

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iɲuˈraŋt/

### Adjective

ignorant
* ignorant

#### Related terms

* ignoransa
* ignoré

### Noun

ignorant m
* ignorant (person)

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ignōrantis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iɡˈnɔ.rant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrant
* Syllabification: ig‧no‧rant

### Noun

ignorant m pers (female equivalent ignorantka)
* ignorant

#### Derived terms

* ignorancki

#### Related terms

* ignorancja

### Further reading

* ignorant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ignorant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ignorant.

### Adjective

ignorant m or n (feminine singular ignorantă, masculine plural ignoranți, feminine and neuter plural ignorante)
* ignorant

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iɡnǒrant/
* Hyphenation: ig‧no‧rant

### Noun

ignòrant m (Cyrillic spelling игно̀рант)
* ignorant