laziness

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• General-American: /ˈleɪ.zi.nəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: L EY1 Z IY0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English lazy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English laziness From lazy + -ness.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَسَل (kasal) — quality of being lazy
• Arabic: كسل (kasal) — quality of being lazy
• Armenian: ծուլություն (culutʻyun) — quality of being lazy
• Aromanian: leani — quality of being lazy
• Assamese: এলাহ (elah) — quality of being lazy
• Bashkir: ялҡаулыҡ (yalqawlıq) — quality of being lazy
• Belarusian: лянота (ljanóta) — quality of being lazy
• Belarusian: гультайства (hulʹtajstva) — quality of being lazy
• Central Bikol: kahugakan — quality of being lazy
• Bulgarian: мързел (mǎrzel) — quality of being lazy
• Bulgarian: безделие (bezdelie) — quality of being lazy
• Catalan: peresa — quality of being lazy
• Catalan: mandra — quality of being lazy
• Catalan: accídia — quality of being lazy
• Cebuano: tapol — quality of being lazy
• Cebuano: katapol — quality of being lazy
• Chichewa: ulesi — quality of being lazy
• Chinese Mandarin: 惰性 (duòxìng) — quality of being lazy
• Chinese Mandarin: 懒惰 (lǎnduò) — quality of being lazy
• Chukchi: ӄытԓиӄыԓ (qytḷiqyḷ) — quality of being lazy
• Czech: lenost — quality of being lazy
• Danish: dovenskab — quality of being lazy
• Dutch: luiheid — quality of being lazy
• Estonian: laiskus — quality of being lazy
• Ewe: kuviawɔwɔ — quality of being lazy
• Faroese: leti — quality of being lazy
• Finnish: laiskuus — quality of being lazy
• French: paresse — quality of being lazy
• French: flemme — quality of being lazy
• Galician: galloufa — quality of being lazy
• Galician: nugalla — quality of being lazy
• Galician: taina — quality of being lazy
• Galician: cuxota — quality of being lazy
• Galician: mandría — quality of being lazy
• Galician: apaxo — quality of being lazy
• Galician: doquería — quality of being lazy
• Galician: larchaneiría — quality of being lazy
• Galician: lacazaneiría — quality of being lazy
• Georgian: სიზარმაცე (sizarmace) — quality of being lazy
• German: Faulheit — quality of being lazy
• German: Trägheit — quality of being lazy
• Greek: τεμπελιά (tempeliá) — quality of being lazy
• Gujarati: આળસ (āḷsa) — quality of being lazy
• Haitian Creole: parès — quality of being lazy
• Hebrew: עצלות (atslút) — quality of being lazy
• Hungarian: lustaság — quality of being lazy
• Icelandic: leti — quality of being lazy
• Ilocano: sadut — quality of being lazy
• Indonesian: kemalasan — quality of being lazy
• Irish: drogall — quality of being lazy
• Italian: pigrizia — quality of being lazy
• Japanese: 無精 (bushō) — quality of being lazy
• Khmer: ការខ្ជិល (kaakhcɨl) — quality of being lazy
• Korean: 게으름 (geeureum) — quality of being lazy
• Korean: 귀차니즘 (gwichanijeum) — quality of being lazy
• Latin: pigritia — quality of being lazy
• Macedonian: мрза (mrza) — quality of being lazy
• Māori: māngeretanga — quality of being lazy
• Navajo: iłhóyééʼ — quality of being lazy
• Old English: slǣwþ — quality of being lazy
• Pangasinan: ngiras — quality of being lazy
• Polish: lenistwo — quality of being lazy
• Portuguese: preguiça — quality of being lazy
• Quechua: qilla — quality of being lazy
• Romanian: lene — quality of being lazy
• Russian: лень (lenʹ) — quality of being lazy
• Scottish Gaelic: leisg — quality of being lazy
• Slovak: lenivosť — quality of being lazy
• Southern Altai: јалку (ǰalku) — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: pereza — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: desidia — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: fiaca — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: fiacón — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: flojera — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: desgana — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: holgazanería — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: acidia — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: galbana — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: vagancia — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: flojeritis — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: indolencia — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: haraganería — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: boludencia — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: vaguería — quality of being lazy
• Spanish: pigricia — quality of being lazy
• Swahili: uzembe — quality of being lazy
• Swedish: lättja — quality of being lazy
• Swedish: lathet — quality of being lazy
• Tagalog: katamaran — quality of being lazy
• Tagalog: kamaymayan — quality of being lazy
• Telugu: సోమరితనము (sōmaritanamu) — quality of being lazy
• Thai: ความขี้เกียจ — quality of being lazy
• Tocharian B: ālasäññe — quality of being lazy
• Turkish: tembellik — quality of being lazy
• Ottoman Turkish: تنبللك (tembellik) — quality of being lazy
• Ottoman Turkish: هایلازلق (haylazlık) — quality of being lazy
• Ottoman Turkish: كسل (kesel) — quality of being lazy
• Ukrainian: лінощі (linošči) — quality of being lazy
• Ukrainian: лінь (linʹ) — quality of being lazy
• Umbundu: epepe — quality of being lazy
• Vietnamese: sự lười biếng — quality of being lazy
• Welsh: diogi — quality of being lazy