Translation of "oisif" to English

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Dictionary translations for "oisif"

oisif adjective

oisif / oisive / oisifs / oisives

idle [ˈaɪdl] (sans emploi, qui ne fait rien)

Tom n'est plus un garçon oisif.

Tom is not an idle boy any longer.

easygoing (conduite)

l' oisif m noun

pl. oisifs

idler [ˈaɪdlə] (personne, estimation négative)

Contexts with "oisif"

Tom n'est plus un garçon oisif. Tom is not an idle boy any longer.

Si riche qu'un homme puisse être, il ne doit pas rester oisif. No matter how rich a man may be, he ought not to be idle.

La consommation ostentatoire de biens de grande valeur est un moyen pour le gentilhomme oisif d'accroître sa bonne réputation. Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

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