fainéant

English - Turkish

Definition of fainéant in English Turkish dictionary

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English - English

Definition of fainéant in English English dictionary

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faineant

An irresponsible or lazy person

faineant

disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy

faineant

{i} (French) idle person; lazy person

faineant

An irresponsible idler

faineant

{s} (French) idle; lazy

fainéants

plural form of fainéant

faineants

plural of faineant

Hyphenation

fai·ne·ant

Etymology

() From Old French faineant, alteration of feignant (“idler”), present participle of feindre, modelled on fait (“does”) + neant (“nothing”)