Translation for 'The Idiot' from English to French

The Idiot [Fyodor Dostoevsky]

L'Idiotlittérat.F

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idiot

niais {m}

imbécile {m}

patate {f} [fam.] [imbécile]

corniaud {m} [fam.] [péj.] [idiot]

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village idiot

idiot {m} du village [fam.]

bungling idiot

gougnafier {m} [péj.] [fam.]

idiot [female]

niaise {f}

clumsy idiot [coll.]

savate {f} [fam.] [personne]

pretentious little idiot

petite prétentieuse {f}

petit prétentieux {m}

to consider sb. an idiot

ranger qn. dans la catégorie des imbéciles

traiter qn. d'imbécile

bloody idiot [coll.] [pej.]

bougre {m} d'idiot [fam.] [péj.]

He's a complete idiot.

C'est un idiot complet.

He's a complete idiot!

C'est un idiot achevé !

Stop acting like an idiot!

Cesse de faire des imbécillités !

bloody idiot [female] [coll.] [pej.]

bougre {m} d'idiote [fam.] [péj.]

to stand there like an idiot [idiom]

rester (planté) comme une souche [loc.]

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• Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, and even the author consistently refers to him as "the idiot" over the course of the story.
• A variety show he produced caught the eye of Peter Sellers, who enlisted Lester's help in translating "The Goon Show" to television as "The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d" (1956).
• Thomas Ligotti's short story "The Sect of the Idiot" (1988) mentions a circle of non-human worshippers composed of wizened, hideous creatures.
• Prunella Scales released "Dressing up the Idiot" on Mutiny Records in 1997.
• In 2015 he published "Splendor", a nonfiction book, and in 2017 he published "The Idiot Gods", a novel told from the point of view of intelligent killer whales.

• Also created by Masaki Kajishima, the 1997 OVA series "Photon: The Idiot Adventures" is related to the "Tenchi Muyo!
• Both Tom and Diana refer to Bains as "the idiot Bains", a reference to Harvey's general lack of common sense regarding his various schemes to promote himself and Bayview to the outside world.
• He was developing a series of cartoon commercials in 2008 for Pontiac Vibe starring George Liquor and Jimmy The Idiot Boy, but the series remained unreleased after General Motors discontinued the Pontiac Vibe auto line in 2009.
• The confused, childlike delivery of his material produces the intended comic timing in a manner invoking the "wisdom of children" or the idiot savant.
• The head-to-head sketches were very much in the Pete and Dud mould, with Smith playing the idiot who knew everything and Jones the idiot who knew nothing.