farniente
See also: far niente and far-niente
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian far niente (“doing nothing”), as in dolce far niente. Compare fainéant (“idler”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
farniente m (countable and uncountable, plural farnientes)
- dolce far niente, sweet idleness
- Hypernym: oisiveté
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian farniente.
Noun edit
farniente n (uncountable)
Declension edit
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 |