farniente

See also: far niente and far-niente

French

Alternative forms

• far niente (obsolete)
• far-niente (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian far niente (“doing nothing”), as in dolce far niente. Compare fainéant (“idler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʁ.njɑ̃t/, /faʁ.njɛn.te/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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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

• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “farniente”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “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)

1. dolce far niente

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	farniente	farnienteul
genitive-dative	farniente	farnienteului
vocative	farnienteule