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frivol en · NOUN

Etymology

From French frivole, from Latin frīvolus (“trifling, worthless”).

Meanings

1. An unserious person; a shallow person.
2. An idle diversion or pastime; a frivolity.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
frivols	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

frivolous · frivolity

frivol en · VERB

Etymology

From French frivole, from Latin frīvolus (“trifling, worthless”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To behave frivolously.
   • “I will act, dance, ride, frivol, talk scandal, dine out, and appropriate the legitimate captives of any woman I choose, until I d-r-r-rop, or a better woman than I puts me to shame before all Simla, — and it's dust and ashes in my mouth while I'm doing it!” 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 20:
2. (intransitive) To trifle.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
frivolling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	UK	lexicographic
frivoling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	US	lexicographic
frivols	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
frivoled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	US	lexicographic
frivoled	Tense=Past	US	lexicographic
frivolled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	UK	lexicographic
frivolled	Tense=Past	UK	lexicographic

Translations (1)

bg безделнича ((intransitive) To behave frivolously)