Meanings
adjectivedisabled (comparative more disabled, superlative most disabled)
comparative more disabled · superlative most disabled
- Made incapable of use or action.
In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.
1911 March, “From Brittania Lodge, No. 361”, in Railway Carmen's Journal, volume 16, number 3, page 129 - Having a disability.
noundisabled (plural disabled or disableds)
plural disableds
- nonstandardOne who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of disable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLegally disqualified.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectivethe total or partial absence of a person's bodily or mental functions, including the absence of a part of a person's body
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nounpeople collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*haβēō
- Latinhabeō
- Latinhabilis
- Old Frenchable
- Middle Englishable
- Englishable
- Englishdisable
- Englishdisabled
Translations
Arabic مُعَوَّق
- مُعَوَّق (muʕawwaq)having a disability
Bulgarian изключен, инвалиден
- изключен (izključen)made incapable of use or action
- инвалиден (invaliden)for the use of people with physical disabilities
- недъгав (nedăgav)having a disability
- инвалиден (invaliden)having a disability
- инвали́д (invalíd)disabled one
Catalan invàlid, minusvàlid
- invàlidmade incapable of use or action
- minusvàlidfor the use of people with physical disabilities
- minusvàlidhaving a disability
- discapacitathaving a disability
Chinese Mandarin 殘疾的 /残疾的, 傷殘人 /伤残人
- 殘疾的 /残疾的 (cánjí de)having a disability
- 傷殘人 /伤残人 (shāngcánrén)disabled one
- 殘疾人士 /残疾人士disabled one
Czech postižený, invalidní
- postiženýhaving a disability
- invalidníhaving a disability
Danish ubrugelig, ukampdygtig
- ubrugeligmade incapable of use or action
- ukampdygtigmade incapable of use or action
- handicap-for the use of people with physical disabilities
- handicappethaving a disability
- handicappetdisabled one
- handicappedethe disabled collectively
Dutch onklaar, uitgeschakeld
- onklaarmade incapable of use or action
- uitgeschakeldmade incapable of use or action
- gehandicapten-for the use of people with physical disabilities
- gehandicapthaving a disability
- invalidehaving a disability
- mindervalidehaving a disability
- persoon met een beperking (d)disabled one
- gehandicaptedisabled one
- invalidenthe disabled collectively
- gehandicaptenthe disabled collectively
Esperanto invalida, labornekapabla
- invalidahaving a disability
- labornekapablahaving a disability
- labormaltaŭgahaving a disability
- malkapablahaving a disability
- handikapitahaving a disability
Finnish toimintakyvytön, käyttökelvoton
- toimintakyvytönmade incapable of use or action
- käyttökelvotonmade incapable of use or action
- vammaistenfor the use of people with physical disabilities
- vammais-for the use of people with physical disabilities
- vammainenhaving a disability
- invalidihaving a disability
- toimintarajoitteinenhaving a disability
- pätemätönlegally disqualified
- invalididisabled one
- vammainendisabled one
- invaliditthe disabled collectively
- vammaisetthe disabled collectively
French handicapé, handicapée
- handicapéhaving a disability
- handicapéehaving a disability
- infirmehaving a disability
- invalidehaving a disability
German gesperrt, deaktiviert
- gesperrtmade incapable of use or action
- deaktiviertmade incapable of use or action
- behinderten-for the use of people with physical disabilities
- behinderthaving a disability
- Mensch mit Behinderungdisabled one
- der/die Behindertedisabled one
Greek ανάπηρος
- ανάπηρος (anápiros)having a disability
Hebrew נָכֶה, מנוטרל
- נָכֶה (naché)having a disability
- מנוטרל (menutrál)having a disability
Hindi विकलांग, अपाहिज
- विकलांग (viklāṅg)having a disability
- अपाहिज (apāhij)having a disability
- अपाहज (apāhaj)disabled one
Hungarian üzemképtelen, akadálymentes
- üzemképtelenmade incapable of use or action
- akadálymentesfor the use of people with physical disabilities
- mozgássérült-for the use of people with physical disabilities
- mozgáskorlátozotthaving a disability
- mozgássérülthaving a disability
- fogyatékkal élőhaving a disability
- rokkanthaving a disability
- fogyatékoshaving a disability
Icelandic fötlunar-, örorku-
- fötlunar-for the use of people with physical disabilities
- örorku-for the use of people with physical disabilities
- fyrir fatlaðafor the use of people with physical disabilities
- fatlaðurhaving a disability
- öryrkidisabled one
Irish díchumasaithe, inrochtana
- díchumasaithemade incapable of use or action
- inrochtanafor the use of people with physical disabilities
- faoi mhíchumashaving a disability
- duine faoi mhíchumasdisabled one
Italian disabilitato, per i disabili
- disabilitatomade incapable of use or action
- per i disabilifor the use of people with physical disabilities
- disabilehaving a disability
- disabiledisabled one
- disabilithe disabled collectively
Japanese 障害者, 身障者
- 障害者 (shōgaisha)disabled one
- 身障者 (shinshōsha)disabled one
- 障害者 (shōgaisha)the disabled collectively
Korean 장애인, 장애인
- 장애인 (jang'aein)disabled one
- 장애인 (jang'aein)the disabled collectively
Latin debilis
- debilishaving a disability
Māori hauā
- hauāhaving a disability
Norwegian bevegelseshemmet, bevegelseshemmet
- bevegelseshemmetmade incapable of use or action
- bevegelseshemmethaving a disability
Norwegian Bokmål ufør, funksjonshemmet
- uførhaving a disability
- funksjonshemmethaving a disability
- (de) uførethe disabled collectively
Persian معلول
- معلول (ma'lul)having a disability
Polish wyłączony, zdezaktywowany
- wyłączonymade incapable of use or action
- zdezaktywowanymade incapable of use or action
- niepełnosprawnyhaving a disability
- inwalidadisabled one
- inwalidkadisabled one
Portuguese desativado, desabilitado
- desativadomade incapable of use or action
- desabilitadomade incapable of use or action
- deficientehaving a disability
- inválidohaving a disability
Romanian dezactivat
- dezactivatmade incapable of use or action
Russian отклю́ченный, деактиви́рованный
- отклю́ченный (otkljúčennyj)made incapable of use or action
- деактиви́рованный (deaktivírovannyj)made incapable of use or action
- инвали́дный (invalídnyj)for the use of people with physical disabilities
- инвали́д (invalíd)having a disability
- нетрудоспосо́бный (netrudosposóbnyj)having a disability
- неработоспосо́бный (nerabotosposóbnyj)having a disability
- инвали́д (invalíd)disabled one
- инвали́дка (invalídka)disabled one
- инвали́ды (invalídy)the disabled collectively
Spanish para discapacitados, discapacitado
- para discapacitadosfor the use of people with physical disabilities
- discapacitadohaving a disability
- minusválidohaving a disability
- minusválidodisabled one
- discapacitadodisabled one
Swedish deaktiverad, avaktiverad
- deaktiveradmade incapable of use or action
- avaktiveradmade incapable of use or action
- avstängdmade incapable of use or action
- funktionshindradhaving a disability
- handikappadhaving a disability
- invalidhaving a disability
Thai พิการ
- พิการ (pí-gaan)having a disability
Turkish çolak, sakat
- çolakhaving a disability
- sakathaving a disability
Ukrainian інвалі́дний, неповноспра́вний
- інвалі́дний (invalídnyj)for the use of people with physical disabilities
- неповноспра́вний (nepovnosprávnyj)having a disability
- інвалі́д (invalíd)disabled one
- інвалі́дка (invalídka)disabled one
Urdu مَعْذُور, مَعْذُور
- مَعْذُور (maʻẕūr)for the use of people with physical disabilities
- مَعْذُور (maʻẕūr)having a disability
Yiddish אינוואַליד
- אינוואַליד (invalid)disabled one
Cite this entry
APA
disabled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disabled
MLA
“disabled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disabled. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disabled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disabled.
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