dolce far niente

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌdɒltʃeɪ ˌfɑː nɪˈɛnteɪ/
• (America) IPA: /ˌdoʊltʃeɪ ˌfɑɹ niˈɛnteɪ/, /ˌdoʊltʃi ˌfɑɹ niˈɛnti/

Noun

dolce far niente (uncountable)

1. Sheer indulgent relaxation and blissful laziness, the enjoyment of idleness.
   • 1882, W.S. Gilbert ↗, Iolanthe ↗

     This gentleman is seen, / With a maid of seventeeen, / A-taking of his dolce far niente; / And wonders he'd achieve, / For he asks us to believe / She's his mother—and he's nearly five-and-twenty!

Related terms

• dolce vita
• dulcet
• billet-doux

Translations

• French: farniente
• German: Dolcefarniente, Nichtstun, Muße
• Italian: dolce far niente
• Portuguese: dolce far niente
• Russian: до́льче фар ние́нте
• Spanish: dolce far niente

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