Polyglot Dictionary

oisiveté

/wazivte/

la noun C1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. idleness

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Mot littéraire, un peu désuet, pour désigner le fait de ne rien faire.

Practice

1 What does oisiveté mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il a savouré quelques jours d'___ après l'examen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches oisiveté?

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