flemme
French
noun
Definitions
- (informal) laziness
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian flemma derived from Latin phlegma.
Origin
Latin
phlegma
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- phlegma Latin
- flemma Italian
- flemmatizzare Italian
- flemmard French
- flemmarder French
- flemmardise French
- φλέγμα Ancient Greek
- flegma Polish
- fleume Old French
- flemme Middle French