Sots (en. Fools)

/sɔt/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

A person who is not very intelligent, who acts foolishly.

He is so foolish that he falls into every trap.

Il est si sot qu'il tombe dans tous les pièges.

An individual who is easily deceived.

Don't be so foolish, think before you act.

Ne sois pas si sot, réfléchis avant d'agir.

A pejorative term to refer to someone naive.

She took his words at face value; she is really foolish.

Elle a pris ses paroles pour argent comptant, elle est vraiment sotte.

From Old French 'sot', derived from Latin 'stultus', meaning 'foolish'.

foolish as a donkey

Extremely stupid.

sot comme un âne

to play the fool

To act foolishly without caring about others' judgment.

faire le sot

foolish to those who persist

To mock an innocent person.

sot à qui s'acharne

folly

Action or word that is foolish.

sotise

foolishness

Element of silliness or stupidity.

sottise

foolishly

In a foolish manner.

sotement

A fool

Look at that fool, he forgot his keys again.

Regarde ce sot, il a encore oublié ses clés.

A naive person

He is a real fool; he still believes in fairy tales.

C'est un vrai sot, il croit encore aux contes de fées.

A village idiot

Everyone calls him a fool because he never understands the jokes.

Tout le monde le traite de sot parce qu'il ne comprend jamais les blagues.