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/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃t, -e

Noun

farniente m (countable and uncountable, plural farnientes)

1. 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).