Translation of "idleness" to French

Select source language

Source text

8 / 999

Select target language

Translation results

Your text has been partially translated.
You can translate a maximum of 999 characters at a time.
Login or register for free on PROMT.One and translate even more!

Advert

Dictionary translations for "idleness"

idleness [ˈaɪdlnɪs] noun

l' oisiveté f

If it were not for his idleness, he would be a nice fellow.

N'était-ce son oisiveté, il serait un chic type.

la futilité f (meaning)

Contexts with "idleness"

If it were not for his idleness, he would be a nice fellow. N'était-ce son oisiveté, il serait un chic type.

The failure is due to his idleness. L'échec est dû à sa paresse.

His idleness resulted in the failure, and with reason. Sa paresse provoqua son échec, et avec raison.

I cannot put up with his idleness any longer. Je ne supporte plus sa fainéantise.

He did not repent of his idleness till he failed in the examination. Il ne s'est pas repenti de sa paresse avant d'échouer à l'examen.

Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.