idle in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for idle in the English»French Dictionary

I.idle [Brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l, Am ˈaɪdl] ADJ

1. idle (lazy) pej:

idle person, worker

paresseux/-euse, fainéant

2. idle (vain, pointless):

idle boast, threat

vain

idle speculation, question, curiosity

oiseux/-euse

idle conversation, chatter, remark

inutile

it would be idle to attempt to do

ce serait vain de tenter de faire

3. idle (without occupation):

idle person

oisif/-ive

idle day, hour, moment

de loisir

the idle rich

les riches oisifs

100 men made idle

100 hommes mis au chômage

4. idle (not functioning):

idle port, dock, mine

à l'arrêt

idle machine

arrêté

to lie or stand idle machine, factory:

être à l'arrêt

to lie or stand idle land:

rester inexploité

5. idle FIN:

idle capital

dormant

II.idle [Brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l, Am ˈaɪdl] VB intr

1. idle engine:

idle

tourner au ralenti

2. idle person:

idle

paresser, flemmarder inf

III.idle [Brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l, Am ˈaɪdl]

the devil makes work for idle hands prov

l'oisiveté est mère de tous les vices prov

bone idle ADJ inf

bone idle

flemmard inf

I.idle away VB [Brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l -, Am ˈaɪdl -] (idle away [sth], idle [sth] away)

idle away day, hours:

idle away

passer [qc] à ne rien faire

to idle away one's life/time

passer sa vie/son temps à ne rien faire

idle character N COMPUT

idle character

caractère m blanc

Translations for idle in the French»English Dictionary

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racontar

piece of idle gossip

des racontars

idle gossip

papotage

idle chatter uncountable

oiseux (oiseuse) propos

idle attr

oisif (oisive)

idle

passer des journées oisives

to idle the days away

les oisifs

the idle rich

inactif (inactive) personne, cerveau, journée

idle

rester inactif

to remain idle

inactif (inactive) capital

idle

flemmard (flemmarde)

bone idle never attr

idle in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for idle in the English»French Dictionary

I.idle [ˈaɪdl] ADJ

1. idle (lazy, doing nothing):

idle

oisif(-ive)

to lie idle

rester inactif

2. idle (not working, without action):

idle person

inactif(-ive)

idle period

d'inactivité

in my idle moments

à mes moments de loisir

3. idle (with nothing to do):

idle person

désœuvré(e)

idle factory, machine

à l'arrêt

4. idle (pointless, without purpose):

idle

inutile

idle threat, talk

en l'air

idle rumours, fear

sans fondement

idle curiosity

simple

idle boast

bluff m

5. idle FIN:

idle capital

improductif(-ive)

II.idle [ˈaɪdl] VB intr

1. idle (willingly do nothing):

idle

paresser

2. idle (having nothing to do):

idle

être inactif

3. idle (operate at slow speed):

idle engine, machine

tourner au ralenti

idle computer, disk drive, screen

être en veille

bone idle, bone lazy ADJ pej

bone idle

flemmard(e)

Translations for idle in the French»English Dictionary

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désœuvré(e)

idle

fainéanter

to idle

fainéant(e)

idle

oisif (-ive)

idle

flâneur (-euse)

idle

chômer

to be idle

inactif (-ive)

idle

ne pas rester inactif

not to remain idle

tourner au ralenti moteur

to idle

idle Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

an idle fancy

une lubie

to lie idle

rester inactif

in my idle moments

à mes moments de loisir

idle boast

bluff m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Troops were kept busy to prevent the men from being left idle in the camps.

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The use of tax policy was urged to ensure that idle land was put into productive use.

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When the original user resumes speaking, that user would, in turn, be switched to any channel that happened to be idle.

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The oscillating merge sort does not waste rewind time or have tape drives sit idle as in the conventional tape merge.

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They did not know which way to take, and so took up an idle life.

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In the first, a young couple appear alienated and uncommunicativehe reading the newspaper while she idles by the piano.

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Hf to be within the capabilities of the several idle cyclotron devices scattered around the world.

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The speaker turned on and the operator heard idle channel noise on a carrier.

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This means that the vast majority of drivers who idle their engines are already in violation of at least one existing traffic safety law.

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The stated goal is to reduce the volume of regional truck traffic on local roads and reduce idling on local roads.

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