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fainéant

fainéant is the alternative spelling of faineant.

Meaning of faineant

Noun

faineant (plural faineants)

  1. An irresponsible or lazy person.

Forms of fainéant

pluralfainéants

Phrases with fainéant

Questions about fainéant

What is fainéant the alternative spelling of?
Fainéant is the alternative spelling of faineant.

Words near fainéant in the dictionary

  1. faintsome
  2. faintward
  3. fainty
  4. Fainu
  5. Fainuaadhanuhuraa
  6. fainéant
  7. fainéants
  8. faipule
  9. faipules
  10. fair
  11. fair and square

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fainéant (page history and authors); faineant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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