lazy

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈleɪ̯zɪi̯]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈlæɪziː/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈlæ̝ɪ̯zɪi̯]
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• rhymes with -eɪzi
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• CMU ARPABET: L EY1 Z IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”). Akin to Dutch leuzig (“lazy”), German lässig (“casual, nonchalant, laid-back, easy-going”), Old Norse lasinn (“limpy, tired, weak”), Old English lesu, lysu (“false, evil, base”). More at lush. An alternative etymology traces lazy to Early Modern English laysy, a derivative of lay (plural lays + -y) in the same way that tipsy is derived from tip. See lay.

226 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: lui — unwilling to work
• Albanian: përtac — unwilling to work
• Albanian: dembel — unwilling to work
• Albanian: prites — unwilling to work
• Northern Altai: дьалку (dʹalku) — unwilling to work
• Northern Altai: йалты (yaltï) — unwilling to work
• Southern Altai: јалку (ǰalku) — unwilling to work
• Arabic: كَسْلَان (kaslān) — unwilling to work
• Arabic: كسلان (kaslān) — unwilling to work
• Armenian: ծույլ (cuyl) — unwilling to work
• Assamese: এলেহুৱা (elehua) — unwilling to work
• Assamese: লেধা (ledha) — unwilling to work
• Azerbaijani: tənbəl — unwilling to work
• Azerbaijani: ərincək — unwilling to work
• Bashkir: ялҡау (yalqaw) — unwilling to work
• Basque: nagi — unwilling to work
• Belarusian: ляні́вы (ljanívy) — unwilling to work
• Bengali: অলস (oloś) — unwilling to work
• Bengali: চিঙ্গা (ciṅga) — unwilling to work
• Central Bikol: hugakon — unwilling to work
• Breton: lezireg — unwilling to work
• Bulgarian: лени́в (lenív) — unwilling to work
• Bulgarian: мързели́в (mǎrzelív) — unwilling to work
• Buryat: залхуу (zalxuu) — unwilling to work
• Catalan: mandrós — unwilling to work
• Catalan: peresós — unwilling to work
• Cebuano: tapolan — unwilling to work
• Cherokee: ᎦᎾᎵ (ganali) — unwilling to work
• Chinese Cantonese: 懶 /懒 (laan5) — unwilling to work
• Eastern Min Chinese: 懶 /懒 (lan) — unwilling to work
• Chinese Mandarin: 懶惰 /懒惰 (lǎnduò) — unwilling to work
• Chinese Mandarin: 懶 /懒 (lǎn) — unwilling to work
• Chukchi: нывъяӄэн (nyvʺjaqėn) — unwilling to work
• Cornish: diek — unwilling to work
• Cornish: syger — unwilling to work
• Crimean Tatar: erinçek — unwilling to work
• Crimean Tatar: tenbel — unwilling to work
• Czech: líný — unwilling to work
• Danish: doven — unwilling to work
• Danish: lad — unwilling to work
• Dutch: lui — unwilling to work
• Dutch: werkschuw — unwilling to work
• Elfdalian: lat — unwilling to work
• Esperanto: pigra — unwilling to work
• Esperanto: mallaborema — unwilling to work
• Estonian: laisk — unwilling to work
• Estonian: logardlik — unwilling to work
• Ewe: kuvia — unwilling to work
• Faroese: latur — unwilling to work
• Faroese: dovin — unwilling to work
• Finnish: laiska — unwilling to work
• French: paresseux — unwilling to work
• French: fainéant — unwilling to work
• Gagauz: dembel — unwilling to work
• Galician: arlote — unwilling to work
• Galician: bacaceiro — unwilling to work
• Galician: lacazán — unwilling to work
• Galician: larchán — unwilling to work
• Galician: preguiceiro — unwilling to work
• Galician: nugallán — unwilling to work
• Galician: macandón — unwilling to work
• Galician: mandrión — unwilling to work
• Galician: manguán — unwilling to work
• Galician: loirán — unwilling to work
• Galician: peilao — unwilling to work
• Georgian: ზარმაცი (zarmaci) — unwilling to work
• German: faul — unwilling to work
• Bavarian German: gstinkert — unwilling to work
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (lats) — unwilling to work
• Greek: τεμπέλης (tempélis) — unwilling to work
• Greenlandic: eqiattarpoq — unwilling to work
• Hawaiian: moloā — unwilling to work
• Hebrew: עָצֵל (ʻatsel) — unwilling to work
• Higaonon: tapulan — unwilling to work
• Hindi: आलसी (ālsī) — unwilling to work
• Hindi: सुस्त (sust) — unwilling to work
• Hungarian: lusta — unwilling to work
• Hungarian: rest — unwilling to work
• Hunsrik: faul — unwilling to work
• Icelandic: latur — unwilling to work
• Ilocano: nasadut — unwilling to work
• Indonesian: malas — unwilling to work
• Irish: leisciúil — unwilling to work
• Irish: anábhailleach — unwilling to work
• Irish: drogallach — unwilling to work
• Irish: sámh — unwilling to work
• Italian: pigro — unwilling to work
• Japanese: ナマケモノ (namakemono) — unwilling to work
• Japanese: 怠惰な (taida na) — unwilling to work
• Japanese: ぐうたら (gūtara) — unwilling to work
• Khmer: ខ្ជិល (khcɨl) — unwilling to work
• Korean: 게으르다 (geeureuda) — unwilling to work
• Central Kurdish: تەممەڵ (temmell) — unwilling to work
• Ladino: haragan — unwilling to work
• Ladino: peresozo — unwilling to work
• Ladino: tembel — unwilling to work
• Latin: ignāvus — unwilling to work
• Latin: piger — unwilling to work
• Latin: sēgnis — unwilling to work
• Latvian: laisks — unwilling to work
• Lithuanian: tingus — unwilling to work
• Luxembourgish: faul — unwilling to work
• Luxembourgish: liddereg — unwilling to work
• Macedonian: мрзлив (mrzliv) — unwilling to work
• Malay: malas — unwilling to work
• Maltese: għażżien — unwilling to work
• Manx: drollaneagh — unwilling to work
• Māori: huhure — unwilling to work
• Māori: mākoko — unwilling to work
• Māori: māngere — unwilling to work
• Māori: pirorehe — unwilling to work
• Māori: toupiore — unwilling to work
• Māori: pakihore — unwilling to work
• Māori: ngehe — unwilling to work
• Māori: makuku — unwilling to work
• Māori: tūkeke — unwilling to work
• Māori: waimori — unwilling to work
• Marathi: आळशी (āḷśī) — unwilling to work
• Meru: muthao — unwilling to work
• Mongolian: залхуу (zalxuu) — unwilling to work
• Muna: malasi — unwilling to work
• Nanai: албакто (albakto) — unwilling to work
• Norman: ouaîsif — unwilling to work
• Norman: pièrcheux — unwilling to work
• Norwegian Bokmål: lat — unwilling to work
• Norwegian Bokmål: doven — unwilling to work
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lat — unwilling to work
• Norwegian Nynorsk: doven — unwilling to work
• Occitan: ociós — unwilling to work
• Occitan: peresós — unwilling to work
• Old English: slāw — unwilling to work
• Pangasinan: mangiras — unwilling to work
• Persian: تَنبَل (tanbal) — unwilling to work
• Persian: لس (las) — unwilling to work
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: hillie — unwilling to work
• Plautdietsch: mooj — unwilling to work
• Plautdietsch: ful — unwilling to work
• Polish: leniwy — unwilling to work
• Portuguese: preguiçoso — unwilling to work
• Quechua: qilla — unwilling to work
• Romanian: leneș — unwilling to work
• Romanian: puturos — unwilling to work
• Romanian: indolent — unwilling to work
• Romanian: trândav — unwilling to work
• Romansh: pigher — unwilling to work
• Romansh: marsch — unwilling to work
• Russian: лени́вый (lenívyj) — unwilling to work
• Northern Sami: láiki — unwilling to work
• Sanskrit: अलस (alasa) — unwilling to work
• Scottish Gaelic: leisg — unwilling to work
• Scottish Gaelic: dìomhain — unwilling to work
• Serbo-Croatian: лењ — unwilling to work
• Serbo-Croatian: лен — unwilling to work
• Serbo-Croatian: лије̑н — unwilling to work
• Serbo-Croatian: lenj — unwilling to work
• Serbo-Croatian: len — unwilling to work
• Serbo-Croatian: lijȇn — unwilling to work
• Slovak: lenivý — unwilling to work
• Slovene: lén — unwilling to work
• Lower Sorbian: gniły — unwilling to work
• Lower Sorbian: lěniwy — unwilling to work
• Upper Sorbian: lěni — unwilling to work
• Spanish: perezoso — unwilling to work
• Spanish: flojo — unwilling to work
• Spanish: locho — unwilling to work
• Spanish: haragán — unwilling to work
• Spanish: vago — unwilling to work
• Spanish: holgazán — unwilling to work
• Spanish: acostadote — unwilling to work
• Spanish: echadote — unwilling to work
• Spanish: poltrón — unwilling to work
• Spanish: apoltronado — unwilling to work
• Spanish: indolente — unwilling to work
• Spanish: barzón — unwilling to work
• Spanish: fiacún — unwilling to work
• Spanish: manganzón — unwilling to work
• Spanish: mangansón — unwilling to work
• Spanish: mangazón — unwilling to work
• Swahili: legevu — unwilling to work
• Swedish: lat — unwilling to work
• Swedish: slö — unwilling to work
• Tabasaran: темпел (tempel) — unwilling to work
• Tachawit: abexnis — unwilling to work
• Tagalog: tamad — unwilling to work
• Tagalog: batugan — unwilling to work
• Tagalog: patay-patay — unwilling to work
• Tamil: சோம்பல் (cōmpal) — unwilling to work
• Telugu: సోమరి (sōmari) — unwilling to work
• Telugu: బద్ధకం (baddhakaṁ) — unwilling to work
• Thai: เกียจคร้าน (gìiat-kráan) — unwilling to work
• Thai: ขี้เกียจ (kîi-gìiat) — unwilling to work
• Tibetan: སྒྱིད་ལ་ངན་པོ (sgyid la ngan po) — unwilling to work
• Tocharian B: ālase — unwilling to work
• Tongan: fakapikopiko — unwilling to work
• Turkish: tembel — unwilling to work
• Ottoman Turkish: تنبل (tembel) — unwilling to work
• Ottoman Turkish: هایلاز (haylaz) — unwilling to work
• Turkmen: ýalta — unwilling to work
• Turkmen: temmel — unwilling to work
• Ukrainian: ліни́вий (linývyj) — unwilling to work
• Ukrainian: леда́чий (ledáčyj) — unwilling to work
• Urdu: آلسی (ālsī) — unwilling to work
• Uyghur: ھورۇن (horun) — unwilling to work
• Uyghur: يالقاۋ (yalqaw) — unwilling to work
• Vietnamese: lười biếng — unwilling to work
• Vietnamese: lười — unwilling to work
• Welsh: diog — unwilling to work
• West Flemish: leeg — unwilling to work
• Yiddish: פֿױל (foyl) — unwilling to work
• Zazaki: tenbel — unwilling to work
• Zazaki: êmıs — unwilling to work
• Finnish: rauhallinen — causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely
• Finnish: unelias — causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely
• French: inactif — causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely
• Khmer: សិវៈ (se’va’) — causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely
• Swedish: lat — causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely
• Swedish: slapp — causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely
• Swedish: sömnig — causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely
• Esperanto: maldiligenta — showing a lack of effort or care
• Chinese Mandarin: 弱視 /弱视 (ruòshì) — eye: squinting because of weak muscles
• Dutch: lui — eye: squinting because of weak muscles
• Finnish: karsastava — eye: squinting because of weak muscles
• Russian: затуманенное зре́ние (zatumanennoje zrénije) — eye: squinting because of weak muscles
• Russian: амблиопи (ambliopi) — eye: squinting because of weak muscles
• Swahili: legevu — eye: squinting because of weak muscles
• Finnish: makaava — cattle brand: horizontal