| 单词 | fainéant |
| 释义 | fainéant[ fey-nee-uhnt; French fe-ney-ahn ] / ˈfeɪ ni ənt; French fɛ neɪˈɑ̃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fainéant ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveAlso fai·ne·ant [fey-nee-uhnt]. /ˈfeɪ ni ənt/. idle; indolent. noun, plural fai·né·ants [fey-nee-uhnts; French fe-ney-ahn]. /ˈfeɪ ni ənts; French fɛ neɪˈɑ̃/.an idler. Origin of fainéant1610–20; <French, earlier fait-nient, literally, he does nothing, pseudo-etymological alteration of Old French faignant idler, noun use of present participle of se faindre to shirk. See feign, faint OTHER WORDS FROM fainéantfai·ne·ance [fey-nee-uhns], /ˈfeɪ ni əns/, nounWords nearby fainéantfail-soft, failure, failure to thrive, fain, fainaigue, fainéant, fainites, fáinne, faint, faintheart, fainthearted Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fainéant
British Dictionary definitions for fainéantfainéant / (ˈfeɪnɪənt, French fɛneɑ̃) / nouna lazy person; idler adjectiveindolent Derived forms of fainéantfaineance or faineancy, nounWord Origin for fainéantC17: from French, modification of earlier fait-nient (he) does nothing, by folk etymology from Old French faignant shirker, from faindre to be lazy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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