"idle" meaning in Anglais

See idle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈaɪ.dəl\, ˈaɪ.dəl Audio: En-us-idle.ogg Forms: more idle [comparative], most idle [superlative]
  1. Oisif.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-adj-KaPTUWUw Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Fainéant.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-adj-L-32evnz Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  3. Vain.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-adj-~6ONC79e Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  4. Vide, vacant. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-adj-fdf-mpPk Categories (other): Termes désuets en anglais
  5. Ce dont on fait pas un usage approprié, inoccupé.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-adj-EfdoJjsl
  6. Qui n’est engagé dans aucune occupation, aucun emploi, qui est oisif, inemployé, inactif, qui ne fait rien.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-adj-dPcQCXlV
  7. Rétif au travail, à l'occupation ; fainéant ; paresseux ; indolent.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-adj-3iPnw2tR
  8. Sans importance, inutile, sans valeur, vain, négligeable, ridicule.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-adj-ZzXhIC8n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: idleness

Noun

IPA: \ˈaɪ.dəl\, ˈaɪ.dəl Audio: En-us-idle.ogg Forms: idles [plural]
  1. Ralenti (régime moteur).
  2. Plein réduit.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-noun-1WbEN4vy Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Lexique en anglais de l’aviation Topics: aviation
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: \ˈaɪ.dəl\, ˈaɪ.dəl Audio: En-us-idle.ogg Forms: to idle [infinitive], idles [present, third-person, singular], idled [preterite], idled [participle, past], idling [participle, present]
  1. Ne rien faire, être oisif ou inemployé, fainéanter.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-verb-~O0j-h0r
  2. Tourner dans le vide.
    Sense id: fr-idle-en-verb-OyvncxAd
  3. Tourner au ralenti.
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms ((Mécanique) Tourner au ralenti): tick over

Inflected forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg/En-us-idle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-idle.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "idle"
}

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