layabout

See also: lay about

English

Etymology

lay +‎ about

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/

Noun

layabout (plural layabouts)

A lazy person.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:idler

Translations

lazy person

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 懶漢 (zh), 懒汉 (zh) (lǎnhàn), 懶鬼 (zh), 懒鬼 (zh) (lǎnguǐ)
Czech: pecivál (cs)
Dutch: luiaard (nl) m
Finnish: vetelys (fi)
French: fainéant (fr) m, (colloquial) glandeur (fr) m
German: Faulenzer (de) m, Tunichtgut (de) m, Nichtsnutz (de) m
Greek: τεμπέλης (el) m (tempélis)

Hungarian: semmittevő (hu)
Italian: sfaccendato (it) m, perdigiorno (it) m
Japanese: 怠け者 (namakemono)
Maori: kūrapa
Portuguese: vadio (pt) m, vagabundo (pt) m
Romanian: trântor (ro) m, parazit (ro) m, leneș (ro)
Russian: безде́льник (ru) m (bezdélʹnik), лентя́й (ru) m (lentjáj), лежебо́ка (ru) m (ležebóka)
Spanish: holgazán (es) m
Swedish: latmask (sv), slöfock (sv), lätting (sv), dagdrivare (sv) c

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