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néant meaning in English

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néant nom {m}

nothingness◼◼◼(state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing)
noun
[UK: ˈnʌ.θɪŋ.nəs] [US: ˈnʌ.θɪŋ.nəs]

void [voids]◼◼◼(an empty space; a vacuum)
noun
[UK: vɔɪd] [US: ˌvɔɪd]

oblivion◼◼◻(a state of nothingness)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈblɪ.vɪən] [US: ə.ˈblɪ.viən]

oblivion◼◼◻(figuratively: wasteland; a supernatural realm of waste, like hell)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈblɪ.vɪən] [US: ə.ˈblɪ.viən]

emptiness◼◼◻(the state or feeling of being empty)
noun
[UK: ˈemp.tɪ.nəs] [US: ˈemp.ti.nəs]

néant nom

emptiness◼◼◻noun
[UK: ˈemp.tɪ.nəs] [US: ˈemp.ti.nəs]

anéanti adjectif

worsted(defeated, overcome)
adjective
[UK: ˈwʊ.stɪd] [US: ˈwɝː.stəd]

anéantir verbe

annihilate [annihilated, annihilating, annihilates]◼◼◼(to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈnaɪə.leɪt] [US: ə.ˈnaɪə.ˌlet]
The troops were annihilated. = Les troupes furent anéanties.

wipe out◼◼◼(to destroy or obliterate)
verb
[UK: waɪp ˈaʊt] [US: ˈwaɪp ˈaʊt]

defeat [defeated, defeating, defeats]◼◼◻(to reduce, to nothing, the strength of)
verb
[UK: dɪ.ˈfiːt] [US: də.ˈfiːt]

exterminate [exterminated, exterminating, exterminates]◼◼◻verb
[UK: ɪk.ˈstɜː.mɪ.neɪt] [US: ɪk.ˈstɝː.mə.ˌnet]

nuke◼◻◻((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
verb
[UK: njuːk] [US: ˈnuːk]

fainéant adjectif

lazy [lazier, laziest]◼◼◼(unwilling to work)
adjective
[UK: ˈleɪ.zi] [US: ˈleɪ.zi]
I'm lazy. = Je suis fainéant.

idle [idler, idlest]◼◼◻(averse to work or labor)
adjective
[UK: ˈaɪd.l̩] [US: ˈaɪd.l̩]
He is ashamed of having been idle in his youth. = Il a honte d'avoir été fainéant dans sa jeunesse.

bone-idle(utterly lazy)
adjective
[UK: bəʊn ˈaɪd.l̩] [US: boʊn ˈaɪd.l̩]

fainéant nom {m}

layabout [layabouts]◼◼◻(lazy person)
noun
[UK: ˈleɪə.baʊt] [US: ˈleɪə.baʊt]

lazybones◼◼◻(person who is lazy)
noun
[UK: ˈleɪ.zɪ.bəʊnz] [US: ˈleɪ.zɪboʊnz]
Get up already, you lazybones! = Debout, bande de fainéants !

loafer◼◻◻(idle person)
noun
[UK: ˈləʊ.fə(r)] [US: ˈloʊ.fə(r)]

sluggard [sluggards]◼◻◻(lazy or idle person)
noun
[UK: ˈslʌ.ɡəd] [US: ˈslʌ.ɡəd]

idler◼◻◻(one who is lazy; a sluggard)
noun
[UK: ˈaɪd.lə(r)] [US: ˈaɪ.də.lər]

idler◼◻◻(one who spends his or her time in inaction)
noun
[UK: ˈaɪd.lə(r)] [US: ˈaɪ.də.lər]

player [players]◼◻◻(one without serious aims)
noun
[UK: ˈpleɪ.ə(r)] [US: ˈpleɪ.r̩]

fainéante nom {f}

lazybones◼◼◼(person who is lazy)
noun
[UK: ˈleɪ.zɪ.bəʊnz] [US: ˈleɪ.zɪboʊnz]

idler(one who is lazy; a sluggard)
noun
[UK: ˈaɪd.lə(r)] [US: ˈaɪ.də.lər]

idler(one who spends his or her time in inaction)
noun
[UK: ˈaɪd.lə(r)] [US: ˈaɪ.də.lər]

player [players](one without serious aims)
noun
[UK: ˈpleɪ.ə(r)] [US: ˈpleɪ.r̩]

sluggard [sluggards](lazy or idle person)
noun
[UK: ˈslʌ.ɡəd] [US: ˈslʌ.ɡəd]

fainéanter verbe

idle [idled, idling, idles]◼◼◼(to lose or spend time doing nothing)
verb
[UK: ˈaɪd.l̩] [US: ˈaɪd.l̩]
You must not idle away. = Tu ne dois pas fainéanter.

réduire à néant verbe

defeat [defeated, defeating, defeats]◼◼◼(to reduce, to nothing, the strength of)
verb
[UK: dɪ.ˈfiːt] [US: də.ˈfiːt]

debunk [debunked, debunking, debunks](to discredit or expose the falsehood of something)
verb
[UK: diː.ˈbʌŋk] [US: də.ˈbəŋk]