languor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɡə/
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• General-American: /ˈlæŋɡɚ/ without æ-raising
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The noun is derived from Middle English langore, langour (“disease, illness; misery, sadness; suffering; condition or event causing sadness, suffering, etc.; unwholesomeness; idleness, inertia; depression, self-disgust; expression of grief”) [and other forms], from Middle French languer, langueur, langour, and Anglo-Norman langor, langour, langur, Old French langueur, languour (“disease, illness; suffering; emotional fatigue, sadness; listlessness; stagnation”) (modern French langueur (“languor”)), and from their etymon Latin languor (“faintness, feebleness; languor; apathy”), from languēre, the present active infinitive of langueō (“to feel faint or weak; (figurative) to be idle, inactive; to be listless”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-, *(s)leh1g-. The English word is cognate with Catalan llangor, Italian languore (“faintness, weakness; languor”), langore (obsolete), Old Occitan langor (modern Occitan langor), Portuguese langor, languor (obsolete), Spanish langor.

The verb is derived from Middle English langouren (“to be ill; to languish, suffer; to cause to suffer”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman langurer and Middle French langorer, langorir, langourer (“to languish; to be languorous”), from Old French languerer, from langueur (“disease, illness; suffering; emotional fatigue, sadness; listlessness; stagnation”); see further at etymology 1 above. Later uses of the verb have been influenced by the noun.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отпуснатост (otpusnatost) — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Bulgarian: апатия (apatija) — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Dutch: loomheid — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Esperanto: langvoro — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• French: langueur — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• German: einschläfernde Stille — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Hindi: शिथिलता (śithiltā) — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Italian: languore — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Māori: maiarohea — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Māori: tīrohea — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Romanian: langoare — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Romanian: moleșeală — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Russian: вя́лость (vjálostʹ) — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Russian: исто́ма (istóma) — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Russian: томле́ние (tomlénije) — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Spanish: languidez — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Spanish: languor — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Turkish: rehavet — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Ottoman Turkish: گوشكلك (gevşeklik) — state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling; an instance of this — see also lassitude
• Hindi: शिथिलता (śithiltā) — dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation
• Irish: leisce — dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation
• Bulgarian: разнеженост (razneženost) — listless indolence or inactivity — see also dreaminess
• Portuguese: mormaço — heavy humidity and stillness of the air