| Language |
Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) |
| Al Arabiya
| لا يهتم (fribble, neglect, sidestep, tune out), إهمال (negligence, neglect, remissness, default, delinquency). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Al Fus-Ha
| لا يهتم (fribble, neglect, sidestep, tune out), إهمال (negligence, neglect, remissness, default, delinquency). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Albanian
| rri kot (fribble, idle, loaf, lounge, lounge about), njeri që rri kot (chairwarmer, drone, fribble, loafer). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Arabic
| لا يهتم (fribble, neglect, sidestep, tune out), إهمال (negligence, neglect, remissness, default, delinquency). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Arnaut
| rri kot (fribble, idle, loaf, lounge, lounge about), njeri që rri kot (chairwarmer, drone, fribble, loafer). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Balgarski
| безделник (black sheep, bum, dangler, fiddler, fribble), безделнича (bum, drone, idle, lounge, fribble), лентяй (bummer, faineant, rounder, slacker, spiv). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Balgarski (transliteration)
| bezdelnik (black sheep, bum, dangler, fiddler, fribble), bezdelnicha (bum, drone, idle, lounge, fribble), lentyay (bummer, faineant, rounder, slacker, spiv). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Bohemian
| povaleč (layabout, idler, loafer, waster, fribble), flákač (loafer, bum, spiv, dawdler, fribble), mluvka (windbag, jay, chatterbox, chatterer, quidnunc), marnotratník (squanderer, spendthrift, waster, prodigal, wastrel), flákat se (mooch, loaf, diddle, bum, footle), zaháleč (fribble), promarnit (fritter away, throw away, trifle away, dissipate, waste). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Brazilian Portuguese
| mosteiro (monastery, abbey, cloister, convent, fribble), frivolidade (frivolity, levity, vanity, falderal, flightiness), disparate (nonsense, disparate, absurdity, balderdash, blather). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Bulgarian
| безделник (black sheep, bum, dangler, fiddler, fribble), безделнича (bum, drone, idle, lounge, fribble), лентяй (bummer, faineant, rounder, slacker, spiv). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Bulgarian (transliteration)
| bezdelnik (black sheep, bum, dangler, fiddler, fribble), bezdelnicha (bum, drone, idle, lounge, fribble), lentyay (bummer, faineant, rounder, slacker, spiv). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Cestina
| povaleč (layabout, idler, loafer, waster, fribble), flákač (loafer, bum, spiv, dawdler, fribble), mluvka (windbag, jay, chatterbox, chatterer, quidnunc), marnotratník (squanderer, spendthrift, waster, prodigal, wastrel), flákat se (mooch, loaf, diddle, bum, footle), zaháleč (fribble), promarnit (fritter away, throw away, trifle away, dissipate, waste). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Chinese Simplified
| 做无聊事 (fribble, piffle), 无聊的人 (fribble), 轻举妄动 (act rashly, a leap in the dark, fribble), 做无价值事的人 (fribble), 无益的行为 (fribble). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Chinese Traditional
| 做無聊事 (fribble), 無聊的人 (fribble). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Czech
| povaleč (layabout, idler, loafer, waster, fribble), flákač (loafer, bum, spiv, dawdler, fribble), mluvka (windbag, jay, chatterbox, chatterer, quidnunc), marnotratník (squanderer, spendthrift, waster, prodigal, wastrel), flákat se (mooch, loaf, diddle, bum, footle), zaháleč (fribble), promarnit (fritter away, throw away, trifle away, dissipate, waste). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Daco-Rumanian
| pierde-varã (dangler, do nothing, fribble, gadabout, idler), lucru de nimic (fribble, trifle), fleac (trifle, nothing, trifles, trinket, triviality). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Dari
| كار بيهوده (fribble, inanity, farce), لكنت داشتن (stutter, fribble, stumble), ادم سبك (fribble), ياوه گويي كردن (fribble, prate), ور رفتن (niggle, fribble, meddle, paddle, scamp), بيهودگي (fribble, frivolity, idleness, idlesse, inaction), بيهودگی (fribble), بيهودگى (fribble, frivolity, idleness, idlesse, inaction), ياوه گويى كردن (fribble, prate). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Dutch
| spelen (play, perform, present, tender, introduce), futselen (fribble, trifle), futselaar (fribble), beuzelen (dally, dawdle, fiddle-faddle, fool, footle), beuzelarij (trifle, dalliance, footle, fribble, futility), beuzelaar (fribble, trifler). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Eesti
| jantleja (fribble), kergats (blade, fribble), jantlema (footle, fribble). Additional references: Eesti, Estonia, Finland, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Estonian
| jantleja (fribble), kergats (blade, fribble), jantlema (footle, fribble). Additional references: Estonian, Estonia, Finland, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Français
| baguenaudier (bladder senna, bladder nut, coronilla, fribble), négligence (negligence, carelessness, neglect, remissness, slackness). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| French
| baguenaudier (bladder senna, bladder nut, coronilla, fribble), négligence (negligence, carelessness, neglect, remissness, slackness). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Gaelg
| fooilleraght (trifling, fribble), fooilleyraght (fribble, trifling). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Gailck
| fooilleraght (trifling, fribble), fooilleyraght (fribble, trifling). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Hanguk Mal
| 허비하다 (fribble, waste, throw away), 쓸데없는 (futile, fribble, needless, unsolicited, riffraff), 쓸데없는 일 (fribble, frivolity), 낭비하다 (spend, dissipate, sport, trifle, waste), 부질없는 (morose, fribble, unmeaning), 쓸데없는짓을하다 (fribble), 쓸데없는 짓을하다 (fribble), 쓸데없는 일을 하는 사람 (fribble), 쓸데없는 일에 세월을 보내는 사람 (fribble), 하찮은 (picayune, trivial, trifling, fiddling, riffraff). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Hanguohua
| 허비하다 (fribble, waste, throw away), 쓸데없는 (futile, fribble, needless, unsolicited, riffraff), 쓸데없는 일 (fribble, frivolity), 낭비하다 (spend, dissipate, sport, trifle, waste), 부질없는 (morose, fribble, unmeaning), 쓸데없는짓을하다 (fribble), 쓸데없는 짓을하다 (fribble), 쓸데없는 일을 하는 사람 (fribble), 쓸데없는 일에 세월을 보내는 사람 (fribble), 하찮은 (picayune, trivial, trifling, fiddling, riffraff). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Hebrew
| חֲסַר עֵרֶךְ (cardboard, catchpenny, dud, duff, fiddling), פעולה חסרת ערך (fribble). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| High Arabic
| لا يهتم (fribble, neglect, sidestep, tune out), إهمال (negligence, neglect, remissness, default, delinquency). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Hungarian
| komolytalan alak (fribble), haszontalanságokkal foglalkozik (fribble). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Italian
| persona frivola (trifler, fribble, wanton, lighthead), perditempo (dalliance, fribble, timewaster), gingillarsi (dawdle, potter, trifle, dally, fiddle), frivolezza (frivolity, levity, triviality, frivolousness, futility), frivoleggiare (frivol, fribble), essere frivolo (fribble, frivol). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Ivrit
| חֲסַר עֵרֶךְ (cardboard, catchpenny, dud, duff, fiddling), פעולה חסרת ערך (fribble). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Japanese
| つまらない (trivial, two-bit, insignificant, footling, trifling), くだらないことをする (fiddle-faddle, fribble), くだらないこと (applesauce, apple-sauce, bullshit, crap, fiddle), 軽薄な人 (flibbertigibbet, fribble, rattlebrain), くだらない考え (fribble, froth, stuff), くだらないもの (duff, fribble, frivol, garbage, nullity). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Korean
| 허비하다 (fribble, waste, throw away), 쓸데없는 (futile, fribble, needless, unsolicited, riffraff), 쓸데없는 일 (fribble, frivolity), 낭비하다 (spend, dissipate, sport, trifle, waste), 부질없는 (morose, fribble, unmeaning), 쓸데없는짓을하다 (fribble), 쓸데없는 짓을하다 (fribble), 쓸데없는 일을 하는 사람 (fribble), 쓸데없는 일에 세월을 보내는 사람 (fribble), 하찮은 (picayune, trivial, trifling, fiddling, riffraff). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Magyar
| komolytalan alak (fribble), haszontalanságokkal foglalkozik (fribble). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Manx
| fooilleraght (trifling, fribble), fooilleyraght (fribble, trifling). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Manx Gaelic
| fooilleraght (trifling, fribble), fooilleyraght (fribble, trifling). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Moldavian
| pierde-varã (dangler, do nothing, fribble, gadabout, idler), lucru de nimic (fribble, trifle), fleac (trifle, nothing, trifles, trinket, triviality). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Parsi
| كار بيهوده (fribble, inanity, farce), لكنت داشتن (stutter, fribble, stumble), ادم سبك (fribble), ياوه گويي كردن (fribble, prate), ور رفتن (niggle, fribble, meddle, paddle, scamp), بيهودگي (fribble, frivolity, idleness, idlesse, inaction), بيهودگی (fribble), بيهودگى (fribble, frivolity, idleness, idlesse, inaction), ياوه گويى كردن (fribble, prate). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Persian
| كار بيهوده (fribble, inanity, farce), لكنت داشتن (stutter, fribble, stumble), ادم سبك (fribble), ياوه گويي كردن (fribble, prate), ور رفتن (niggle, fribble, meddle, paddle, scamp), بيهودگي (fribble, frivolity, idleness, idlesse, inaction), بيهودگی (fribble), بيهودگى (fribble, frivolity, idleness, idlesse, inaction), ياوه گويى كردن (fribble, prate). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Persian (Farsi)
| كار بيهوده (fribble, inanity, farce), لكنت داشتن (stutter, fribble, stumble), ادم سبك (fribble), ياوه گويي كردن (fribble, prate), ور رفتن (niggle, fribble, meddle, paddle, scamp), بيهودگي (fribble, frivolity, idleness, idlesse, inaction), بيهودگی (fribble), بيهودگى (fribble, frivolity, idleness, idlesse, inaction), ياوه گويى كردن (fribble, prate). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Polish
| trzpiot (flibbertigibbet, fribble, scapegrace, scatter brain, tomboy), baraszkować (frolic, romp, caper, cavort, fribble), ojciec (father, dad, daddy, fathers, papa). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Polnisch
| trzpiot (flibbertigibbet, fribble, scapegrace, scatter brain, tomboy), baraszkować (frolic, romp, caper, cavort, fribble), ojciec (father, dad, daddy, fathers, papa). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Polski
| trzpiot (flibbertigibbet, fribble, scapegrace, scatter brain, tomboy), baraszkować (frolic, romp, caper, cavort, fribble), ojciec (father, dad, daddy, fathers, papa). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Portuguese
| pessoa frívola (fribble), mosteiro (monastery, abbey, cloister, convent, fribble), frivolidade (frivolity, vanity, levity, falderal, flightiness), disparate (nonsense, blunder, disparate, absurdity, balderdash). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Romanian
| pierde-varã (dangler, do nothing, fribble, gadabout, idler), lucru de nimic (fribble, trifle), fleac (trifle, nothing, trifles, trinket, triviality). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Rumanian
| pierde-varã (dangler, do nothing, fribble, gadabout, idler), lucru de nimic (fribble, trifle), fleac (trifle, nothing, trifles, trinket, triviality). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Ruotsi
| slarvig (untidy, careless, slovenly, slutish, down at heel), slarver (sloven, trifler, blunderer, fribble, ne'er do well), slarva (be careless, frivol, slut, careless woman, fribble), slarv (carelessness, negligence, fribble, frivolity, inattention). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Russian
| бездельник (idler, layabout, bum, fribble, loafer), бездельничать (laze, dawdle, drone, idle, lallygag). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Russian (transliteration)
| bezdelʹnik (idler, layabout, bum, fribble, loafer), bezdelʹnichatʹ (laze, dawdle, drone, idle, lallygag). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Russki
| бездельник (idler, layabout, bum, fribble, loafer), бездельничать (laze, dawdle, drone, idle, lallygag). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Russki (transliteration)
| bezdelʹnik (idler, layabout, bum, fribble, loafer), bezdelʹnichatʹ (laze, dawdle, drone, idle, lallygag). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Serbian (transliteration)
| vragolanlka (fribble), vragolanka (fizgig, fribble, joker), neozbiljno se ponašati (fribble, jest), ludirati se (caper, trifle, fiddle with, fool about, fribble), bazalo (dawdler, fribble, loafer, loiterer, lounger). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Shkip
| rri kot (fribble, idle, loaf, lounge, lounge about), njeri që rri kot (chairwarmer, drone, fribble, loafer). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Shqip
| rri kot (fribble, idle, loaf, lounge, lounge about), njeri që rri kot (chairwarmer, drone, fribble, loafer). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Shqiperë
| rri kot (fribble, idle, loaf, lounge, lounge about), njeri që rri kot (chairwarmer, drone, fribble, loafer). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Skchip
| rri kot (fribble, idle, loaf, lounge, lounge about), njeri që rri kot (chairwarmer, drone, fribble, loafer). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Spanish
| frívolo (frivolous, airy, fribble, hoity-toity, shallow), vano (vain, span, bay, blank, empty), tontear (flirt, fool, fribble, horse about, horse around), bobear (fribble), frivolizar (fribble, play down). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Svenska
| slarvig (untidy, careless, slovenly, slutish, down at heel), slarver (sloven, trifler, blunderer, fribble, ne'er do well), slarva (be careless, frivol, slut, careless woman, fribble), slarv (carelessness, negligence, fribble, frivolity, inattention). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Swedish
| slarvig (untidy, careless, slovenly, slutish, down at heel), slarver (sloven, trifler, blunderer, fribble, ne'er do well), slarva (be careless, frivol, slut, careless woman, fribble), slarv (carelessness, negligence, fribble, frivolity, inattention). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Tosk
| rri kot (fribble, idle, loaf, lounge, lounge about), njeri që rri kot (chairwarmer, drone, fribble, loafer). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Turkish
| oyalanmak (dally, linger, trifle, lag, potter), zamanı boşa harcamak (dilute time, fribble), tembellik etmek (slack, drone, laze, slacken, be lazy), tembel davranmak (fribble), hoppa (giddy, frivolous, flighty, flyaway, gay), hafifmeşrep (loose, fast, flighty, flip, flippant), boşa geçirmek (dawdle, dawdle away, drone away, fool away, fribble). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Ukrainian
| фривольність (frivolity, fribble), фривольний (frivolous, fribble, gossamer), нероба (bauchle, dangler, dawdler, dead beat, do nothing), ледарювати (frivol, loaf, mooch, potter, dawdle), ледащо (scallywag, scamp, dawdle, dawdler, fribble), поводитися фривольно (fribble), дріб'язковий (nugatory, trifling, cheeseparing, fiddle-faddle, fribble). Additional references: Ukrainian, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Ukrainian (transliteration)
| frivolʹnіstʹ (frivolity, fribble), frivolʹniy (frivolous, fribble, gossamer), neroba (bauchle, dangler, dawdler, dead beat, do nothing), ledaryuvati (frivol, loaf, mooch, potter, dawdle), ledashcho (scallywag, scamp, dawdle, dawdler, fribble), povoditisya frivolʹno (fribble), drіb'yazkoviy (nugatory, trifling, cheeseparing, fiddle-faddle, fribble). Additional references: Ukrainian, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Urdu
| پوچ۔ ناچیز۔ بیہودہ۔ ادنیٰ۔ سفلہ۔ اوچھا (fribble), بیہودہ، اوچھا یا ادنیٰ کام کرنا (fribble). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Zhgabe
| rri kot (fribble, idle, loaf, lounge, lounge about), njeri që rri kot (chairwarmer, drone, fribble, loafer). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), fribble. (volunteer & more translations) |
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). |
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