loaf
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Nom commun
[modifier le wikicode]| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| loaf \ləʊf\ |
loaves \ləʊvz\ |
loaf
Apparentés étymologiques
[modifier le wikicode]Verbe
[modifier le wikicode]| Temps | Forme |
|---|---|
| Infinitif | to loaf \Prononciation ?\ |
| Présent simple, 3e pers. sing. |
loafs |
| Prétérit | loafed |
| Participe passé | loafed |
| Participe présent | loafing |
| voir conjugaison anglaise | |
loaf \loʊf\ intransitif
- Ne rien faire, paresser.
The term "loafing" is, of course, very vague. Its meaning, like that of its opposite, "work," depends largely on the user. The highly successful quarterback with an E in Greek is a loafer in his professor's eyes, while the idea of the professor's working, in spite of his voluminous researches on Mycenean Table Manners, would excite hoots of derision from the laborer that lays the drains before his study window.
— (Yale Literary Magazine, mai 1908)
Prononciation
[modifier le wikicode]Références
[modifier le wikicode]- 1 2 (En anglais) Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2026 → consulter cet ouvrage