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ennui en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ɑnˈwi/ (General-American)
  • /ɒnˈwiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enuier? Old French enui French ennuiubor. English ennui Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
    • There have always been individuals who toy with the political extremes out of a sort of high-class ennui. 2025 June 14, Janan Ganesh, “How boredom gave us chaos”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20:

Forms

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ennuis Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

acedia · boredom · Weltschmerz

Translations (85)

de Apathie (listlessness, boredom) · nl verveling (listlessness, boredom) · tr bunluk (melancholia, depression) · ja つれづれ (listlessness, boredom) · pl depresja (melancholia, depression) · pl znużenie (listlessness, boredom) · da kedsomhed (listlessness, boredom) · es melancolía (melancholia, depression) · fr indolence (listlessness, boredom) · ga bailitheacht (listlessness, boredom) · fi ikävyys (listlessness, boredom) · hu közöny (listlessness, boredom) · sv leda (listlessness, boredom) · it depressione (melancholia, depression) · cy diflastod (melancholia, depression) · de Melancholie (melancholia, depression) · it tedio (listlessness, boredom) · tr sıkıntı (listlessness, boredom) · enm noy (listlessness, boredom) · tl pantot (listlessness, boredom) · it malinconia (melancholia, depression) · tr bıkkınlık (listlessness, boredom) · is óyndi (melancholia, depression) · da sørgmodighed (melancholia, depression) · ga liostacht (listlessness, boredom) · fr apathie (listlessness, boredom) · hu unalom (listlessness, boredom) · ja アンニュイ (melancholia, depression) · fr mélancolie (melancholia, depression) · tr usanç (listlessness, boredom) · it noia (listlessness, boredom) · ru хандра́ (melancholia, depression) · eo enuo (listlessness, boredom) · da melankoli (melancholia, depression) · da tungsind (melancholia, depression) · tr buhran (melancholia, depression) · ja もの憂さ (melancholia, depression) · ja 無聊 (listlessness, boredom) · mi ro(w)hea (listlessness, boredom) · de Langeweile (listlessness, boredom) · ru тоска́ (melancholia, depression) · ja 憂鬱 (melancholia, depression) · ru ску́ка (listlessness, boredom) · ga atuirse (listlessness, boredom) · sv tristess (listlessness, boredom) · is lífsleiði (melancholia, depression) · tr bezginlik (listlessness, boredom) · eo enuo (melancholia, depression) · io tedo (listlessness, boredom) · nn keisemd (listlessness, boredom) · nb kjedsomhet (listlessness, boredom) · fi ikävystyminen (listlessness, boredom) · la taedium (listlessness, boredom) · de Depression (melancholia, depression) · pt depressão (melancholia, depression) · da apati (listlessness, boredom) · tr melal (melancholia, depression) · bg скука (listlessness, boredom) · da sløvhed (listlessness, boredom) · da depression (melancholia, depression) · ga lagsprid (melancholia, depression) · pt fastio (listlessness, boredom) · da ligegyldighed (listlessness, boredom) · fo keðsemi (listlessness, boredom) · nl lusteloosheid (listlessness, boredom) · ru тоска́ (listlessness, boredom) · es apatía (listlessness, boredom) · es aburrimiento (listlessness, boredom) · fr dépression (melancholia, depression) · hu kedvtelenség (listlessness, boredom) · cs znuděnost (listlessness, boredom) · fi tylsyys (listlessness, boredom) · tr bunaltı (melancholia, depression) · pt enfado (listlessness, boredom) · sv långtråkighet (listlessness, boredom) · pt tédio (listlessness, boredom) · ja アンニュイ (listlessness, boredom) · fi ikävä (melancholia, depression) · pl melancholia (melancholia, depression) · pt melancolia (melancholia, depression) · es tedio (listlessness, boredom) · is leiðindi (listlessness, boredom) · cy diflastod (listlessness, boredom) · cs otrávenost (listlessness, boredom) · es enuí (listlessness, boredom)

ennui en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ɑnˈwi/ (General-American)
  • /ɒnˈwiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enuier? Old French enui French ennuiubor. English ennui Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make bored or listless; to weary.

Forms

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ennuying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ennuied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ennuied Tense=Past lexicographic
ennuyed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ennuyed Tense=Past lexicographic