Grammatical class

Noun

paresse

laziness

Details

Syllables

pa-res-se

Phonetics

pa.ʁɛs

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

118403

Freq. (movies)

76130

Freq. (news)

28468

Sentences

Pardonne ma paresse.

Forgive my laziness.

A1

L'échec est dû à sa paresse.

The failure is due to his idleness.

A1

Faites-lui honte de sa paresse.

Make him feel ashamed of his laziness.

A1

Je ne peux pas excuser sa paresse.

I can't excuse his laziness.

A1

Il sermonna son fils pour sa paresse.

He admonished his son for being lazy.

A2

Les gens laborieux méprisent la paresse.

Industrious people look down on laziness.

A2

J'en ai assez de sa paresse.

I'm fed up with her laziness.

B1

J'étais grondé par ma mère pour ma paresse.

I was scolded by my mother for being lazy.

B1

La paresse est un des sept péchés capitaux.

Sloth or laziness is one of the seven deadly sins.

B1

La paresse est la peur d'un travail imminent.

Laziness is fear of imminent work.

B1

La paresse est mère de tous les vices.

Sloth is the mother of all vices.

B2

Tôt ou tard, tu regretteras ta paresse.

Sooner or later, you will regret your idleness.

B2