"fainéant" meaning in French

See fainéant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɛ.ne.ɑ̃/, /fe.ne.ɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-fainéant.wav Forms: fainéante [feminine], fainéants [masculine, plural], fainéantes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From feignant, the present participle of feindre (“to fake, to feign”), remotivated by folk etymology in fait (“does”) + néant (“nothing”). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|fait|néant|t1=does|t2=nothing}} fait (“does”) + néant (“nothing”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} fainéant (feminine fainéante, masculine plural fainéants, feminine plural fainéantes)
  1. lazy
    Sense id: en-fainéant-fr-adj-gf1n0C9n
  2. nonchalant
    Sense id: en-fainéant-fr-adj-vcI1J7xw
  3. apathetic Categories (topical): People, Personality
    Sense id: en-fainéant-fr-adj-5hPwBctf Disambiguation of People: 0 0 70 30 Disambiguation of Personality: 3 7 85 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: roi fainéant [masculine]

Noun

IPA: /fɛ.ne.ɑ̃/, /fe.ne.ɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-fainéant.wav Forms: fainéants [plural], fainéante [feminine]
Etymology: From feignant, the present participle of feindre (“to fake, to feign”), remotivated by folk etymology in fait (“does”) + néant (“nothing”). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|fait|néant|t1=does|t2=nothing}} fait (“does”) + néant (“nothing”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} fainéant m (plural fainéants, feminine fainéante)
  1. a lazybones; one who makes little or no effort Tags: masculine Derived forms: fainéanter, fainéantise
    Sense id: en-fainéant-fr-noun-emv26y0l Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French entries with language name categories using raw markup, French terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, French verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 14 14 55 Disambiguation of French entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 4 15 77 Disambiguation of French terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 6 6 83 Disambiguation of French verb-noun compounds: 34 0 0 66

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for fainéant meaning in French (4.1kB)

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