English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] lay about
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
layabout (plural layabouts
A lazy person.
2017 David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad , London: HarperCollins Children’s Books , →ISBN “That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout . The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”
Synonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] lazy person
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: лентяй (bg) m ( lentjaj ) , безделник (bg) m ( bezdelnik )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 懶漢 ／ 懒汉 (zh) ( lǎnhàn ) , 懶鬼 ／ 懒鬼 (zh) ( lǎnguǐ )
Czech: pecivál (cs) , flákač (cs) m
Dutch: luiaard (nl) m
Finnish: vetelys (fi)
French: fainéant (fr) m ( colloquial ) glandeur (fr) m
German: Faulenzer (de) m Tunichtgut (de) m Nichtsnutz (de) m
Greek: τεμπέλης (el) m ( tempélis )
Hungarian: semmittevő (hu) , naplopó (hu) , mihaszna (hu)
Italian: sfaccendato (it) m perdigiorno (it) m
Japanese: 怠け者 (ja) ( namakemono )
Maori: kūrapa kiko whakarawaka kaihau
Portuguese: vadio (pt) m vagabundo (pt) m
Romanian: trântor (ro) m parazit (ro) m leneș (ro)
Russian: безде́льник (ru) m ( bezdélʹnik ) , лентя́й (ru) m ( lentjáj ) , лежебо́ка (ru) m ( ležebóka )
Serbo-Croatian: neradnik (sh) m zgubidan (sh) m
Spanish: holgazán (es) m
Swedish: latmask (sv) , slöfock (sv) , lätting (sv) , dagdrivare (sv) c