Le début de la conférence est retardé à cause du retard de l'orateur.
The delayed start to the conference was due to the speaker being late.
retardéadj
(retenu)
delayed adj
Le car retardé par un accident sur son trajet est arrivé avec deux heures de retard.
The delayed coach arrived two hours late, due to an accident on its route.
retardéadj
familier, insultant (attardé) (person)
with a learning disability, with learning difficulties, with special needs expr
learning-disabled adj
(pejorative)
backward, slow adj
(pejorative, offensive!)
retarded adj
Note: The words retarded, backward, and slow were routinely used to describe people with learning disabilities until the 1970s, with retarded being the official term. All three words are now considered pejorative.
Le médecin suit cet enfant légèrement retardé.
The learning-disabled child is under the care of this doctor.
retardé, retardéenm, nf
familier, insultant (attardé)
person with a learning disability, person with learning difficulties, learning-disabled person n
(pejorative, offensive!)
retard n
Mais qu'est-ce qu'il a à me regarder comme ça, le retardé ?
What's he looking at me like that for, the retard?