sluggard

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From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. Equivalent to slug + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”).

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: luiaard — lazy or idle person
• Bulgarian: ленивец (lenivec) — lazy or idle person
• Chinese Mandarin: 懶漢 /懒汉 (lǎnhàn) — lazy or idle person
• Chinese Mandarin: 懶人 /懒人 (lǎnrén) — lazy or idle person
• Chinese Mandarin: 懶骨頭 /懒骨头 (lǎngǔtou) — lazy or idle person
• Czech: lenoch — lazy or idle person
• Dutch: luiaard — lazy or idle person
• Ewe: kuviatɔ — lazy or idle person
• Finnish: etana — lazy or idle person
• Finnish: laiskuri — lazy or idle person
• Finnish: laiskimus — lazy or idle person
• Finnish: velttoilija — lazy or idle person
• French: fainéant — lazy or idle person
• French: fainéante — lazy or idle person
• French: flemmard — lazy or idle person
• French: flemmarde — lazy or idle person
• Galician: lacazán — lazy or idle person
• Galician: nugallán — lazy or idle person
• Galician: preguiceiro — lazy or idle person
• German: Faulpelz — lazy or idle person
• German: Nichtstuer — lazy or idle person
• Greek: τεμπέλης (tempélis) — lazy or idle person
• Icelandic: letingi — lazy or idle person
• Icelandic: letiblóð — lazy or idle person
• Icelandic: iðjuleysingi — lazy or idle person
• Irish: scraiste — lazy or idle person
• Italian: pigro — lazy or idle person
• Italian: inattivo — lazy or idle person
• Italian: indolente — lazy or idle person
• Italian: poltrone — lazy or idle person
• Italian: lavativo — lazy or idle person
• Italian: flemmatico — lazy or idle person
• Italian: tardo — lazy or idle person
• Macedonian: мр́зливец (mŕzlivec) — lazy or idle person
• Macedonian: мр́зливка (mŕzlivka) — lazy or idle person
• Māori: inukorokoro — lazy or idle person
• Māori: pirorehe — lazy or idle person
• Persian: لتنبر (latanbar) — lazy or idle person
• Plautdietsch: Schlosäwendoot — lazy or idle person
• Polish: leń — lazy or idle person
• Portuguese: molenga — lazy or idle person
• Portuguese: moleirão — lazy or idle person
• Russian: безде́льник (bezdélʹnik) — lazy or idle person
• Spanish: remolón — lazy or idle person
• Tamil: சோம்பேறி (cōmpēṟi) — lazy or idle person
• Telugu: సోమరి (sōmari) — lazy or idle person
• Turkish: miskin — lazy or idle person
• Turkish: tembel — lazy or idle person