idle

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
2. (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
3. (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
4. (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)

Adj

1. (obsolete) Empty, vacant.
2. Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
3. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
4. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
5. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
6. (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.

Noun

1. The state of idling, of being idle.
2. The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.
3. An idle animation.
4. An idle game.

Concetti

ozioso

pigro

oziare

vano

inattivo

inutile

girare al minimo

infingardo

girare a vuoto

oziosa

passivo

futile

poltrire

sfitta

sfitte

disoccupato

sciupare nell'ozio

floscio

indolente

negligente

vacuo

vanitoso

fannullone

in folle

letargico

perdere tempo

poltrone

scansafatiche

sprecare tempo

sinonimi

lazy

loaf

slothful

indolent

laze

lounge

inactive

vain

unoccupied

dawdle

unemployed

useless

unused

otiose

waste time

frivolous

futile

free

🆓

jobless

sluggish

slack

aimless

groundless

loiter

unfounded

baseless

shiftless

lounge about

out of work

worthless

loose

trivial

light

pointless

dead

💀

loaf about

leisure

leisured

empty

sluggard

dally

slug

stagnate

shirk

shallow

remiss

slow

sterile

goof off

fuck off

Traduzioni

faul

ocioso

müßig

aylak

untätig

nutzlos

träge

inactif

αδρανής

faulenzen

boş

vergeefs

fainéant

paresseux

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈaɪd(ə)l/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: idelen

Ereditato da inglese antico: īdlian

Affine tedesco: eiteln

Ereditato da inglese medio: idel

Ereditato da inglese antico: īdel

In summary

From Middle English idelen, from Old English īdlian, from Proto-West Germanic *īdalēn. Cognate with German eiteln (“to make empty, free up”).