How do you say “stupidity” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say asenado, bestige, bestiso, bourricado, brutige, couiounige. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | asenado, bestige, bestiso, bourricado, brutige, couiounige, gargamelige, nescige, nesciour |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
asenado
| Grammatical category | Noun (f.) |
| English translation | foolishness (foolish remark); clumsiness; stupidity; donkey-load |
bestige
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | foolishness, folly (state), stupidity; ineptitude |
bestiso
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | stupidity |
bourricado
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | stupidity |
brutige
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | sordidness; raw state, filth, villainy, stupidity |
| Variants | brutice |
couiounige
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | foolishness (state), stupidity |
gargamelige
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | stupidity; cretinism |
nescige
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | foolishness (state), stupidity, ignorance; imbecility; ineptitude |
nesciour
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | stupidity; absurdity; foolishness; preposterousness |