fainéant — meaning in English
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English meaning
- idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
- idler noun One who idles; one who spends their time in inaction.
- lazy adj Unwilling to work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
- lazybones noun An informal, often affectionate, term for a lazy person.
- loafer noun A person who avoids work and idles their time away.
- player noun Someone taking part in a game or sport.
Senses
fainéant is used for these senses in English:
- bone-idle (chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, idiomatic) Utterly lazy.
- idle Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- idler One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
- layabout A lazy person.
- lazy Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
- lazybones (slang) A person who is lazy.
- loafer An idle person.
- player One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
idle — full definition
- adj Not working, active, or in use.
- adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
- verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
- verb To pass time doing nothing productive.
idler — full definition
- noun One who idles; one who spends their time in inaction.
- noun One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
- noun Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.
- noun A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power through its own axle, but forms part of a gear train, supports a moving belt, etc.