fainéant

Definitions of fainéant
  1. noun
    someone who wastes time
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    propre à rien
    person who does no work
  2. noun
    an idle slothful person
    synonyms: faignant
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    propre à rien
    person who does no work
  3. noun
    person who does no work
    synonyms: propre à rien
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    flâneur, traînard
    someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
    rêvasseur
    someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
    bon à rien, propre à rien
    an idle worthless person
    faignant, feignant, flemmard, paresseux
    a lazy person
    paresseux, renâcleur
    a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
    faignant
    an idle slothful person
    personne qui bronze
    someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan
    rêveur
    a person who escapes into a world of fantasy
    simulateur
    someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
    type of:
    chômeur
    a person who does nothing
  4. noun
    a lazy person
    synonyms: faignant, feignant, flemmard, paresseux
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    type of:
    propre à rien
    person who does no work
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