Dictionary

oblivious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (England) audio
• /əˈblɪviəs/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English oblivious, from Latin oblīviōsus (“forgetful, oblivious”), formed from oblīvium (“forgetfulness, oblivion”) + -ōsus (“full of, overly, prone to”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”).

Meanings

1. (usually, with to or of) Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
   • Your grandmother is completely oblivious to her surroundings.
2. (dated, qualifier:never with to, usually, with-of) Forgetful.
   • He's hopelessly oblivious, always forgetting his appointments.

Forms

Deriveds

obliviously · obliviousness · unoblivious · semioblivious · nonoblivious · cache-oblivious

Relateds

oblivion · oblivious transfer

Translations (73)

de unaufmerksam (unaware) · sv ovetande (unaware) · pt inconsciente (unaware) · la obliviosus (unaware) · it ignaro (unaware) · tr ihmâlci (unaware) · pl zapominalski (failing to remember) · fr distrait (failing to remember) · vi tỉnh bơ (unaware) · oc oblidós (failing to remember) · de selbstvergessen (unaware) · es oblivioso (unaware) · mk не́свесен (unaware) · ja 無自覚 (unaware) · sv glömsk (failing to remember) · es ajeno (unaware) · tr unutarak (failing to remember) · de unbedarft (unaware) · mi mākūare (unaware) · fr inconscient (unaware) · mk забо́равен (failing to remember) · es olvidadizo (failing to remember) · nl vergeetachtig (failing to remember) · pt esquecediço (failing to remember) · cs nesoustředěný (unaware) · pl nieświadomy (unaware) · ca ignorant (unaware) · la obliviosus (failing to remember) · nl onoplettend (unaware) · cmn 不自覺 /不自觉 (unaware) · ca oblidós (failing to remember) · fi tietämätön (unaware) · cs nevědomý (unaware) · es inenterado (unaware) · es oblivio (unaware) · fi unohtavainen (failing to remember) · cmn 健忘 (failing to remember) · es desconocedor (unaware) · it smemorato (failing to remember) · vi lãng quên (failing to remember) · tr lakayıt (unaware) · mk ра́сеан (failing to remember) · fr ignorant (unaware) · ru забывчивый (failing to remember) · vi hay quên (failing to remember) · de vergesslich (failing to remember) · eo nekonscia (unaware) · fr oublieux (failing to remember) · tr habersiz (unaware) · uk забу́дькуватий (failing to remember) · de nicht bewusst (unaware) · es inconsciente (unaware) · pt esquecidiço (failing to remember) · it inconsapevole (unaware) · de unbedacht (unaware) · cs nevšímavý (unaware) · tr dikkatsiz (unaware) · es desprevenido (unaware) · es no darse cuenta (unaware) · bg забравящ (failing to remember) · uk несвідо́мий (unaware) · fi välinpitämätön (unaware) · ota اونوتغان (failing to remember) · tr ihmâlkâr (unaware) · eo forgesema (failing to remember) · tr ilgisiz (unaware) · da uvidende (unaware) · pt sem noção (unaware) · fi muistamaton (failing to remember) · tr unutkan (failing to remember) · ca inconscient (unaware) · ca oblidadís (failing to remember) · cs neuvědomující si (failing to remember)