farniente
See also: far niente and far-niente
French
Alternative forms
- far niente (obsolete)
- far-niente (obsolete)
Etymology
From Italian far niente (“doing nothing”), as in dolce far niente. Compare fainéant (“idler”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faʁ.njɑ̃t/, /faʁ.njɛn.te/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃t, -e
Noun
farniente m (countable and uncountable, plural farnientes)
- dolce far niente, sweet idleness
- Hypernym: oisiveté
Derived terms
- farnienter
Further reading
- “farniente” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “farniente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian farniente.
Noun
farniente n (uncountable)
- dolce far niente
Declension
declension of farniente (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) farniente | farnienteul |
genitive/dative | (unui) farniente | farnienteului |
vocative | farnienteule |