"layabout" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-layabout.wav [Southern-England] Forms: layabouts [plural]
Etymology: lay + about Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lay|about}} lay + about Head templates: {{en-noun}} layabout (plural layabouts)
  1. A lazy person. Categories (topical): People Translations (lazy person): лентяй (lentjaj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), безделник (bezdelnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 懶漢 (Chinese Mandarin), 懒汉 (lǎnhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 懶鬼 (Chinese Mandarin), 懒鬼 (lǎnguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), pecivál (Czech), flákač [masculine] (Czech), luiaard [masculine] (Dutch), vetelys (Finnish), fainéant [masculine] (French), glandeur [colloquial, masculine] (French), Faulenzer [masculine] (German), Tunichtgut [masculine] (German), Nichtsnutz [masculine] (German), τεμπέλης (tempélis) [masculine] (Greek), semmittevő (Hungarian), naplopó (Hungarian), mihaszna (Hungarian), sfaccendato [masculine] (Italian), perdigiorno [masculine] (Italian), 怠け者 (namakemono) (Japanese), kūrapa (Maori), kiko whakarawaka (Maori), kaihau (Maori), vadio [masculine] (Portuguese), vagabundo [masculine] (Portuguese), trântor [masculine] (Romanian), parazit [masculine] (Romanian), leneș (Romanian), безде́льник (bezdélʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), лентя́й (lentjáj) [masculine] (Russian), лежебо́ка (ležebóka) [masculine] (Russian), neradnik [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zgubidan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), holgazán [masculine] (Spanish), latmask (Swedish), slöfock (Swedish), lätting (Swedish), dagdrivare [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "lazy person",
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      "sense": "lazy person",
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