Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: roi fainéant

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roi fainéant Apr 30th 2012, 15:54 Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|fr}} {{term|roi fainéant||lazy king|lang=fr}}. ===Noun=== {{en-noun|rois fainéants}} # {{historical}} Any of the later French [[kin..." New page ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|fr}} {{term|roi fainéant||lazy king|lang=fr}}. ===Noun=== {{en-noun|rois fainéants}} # {{historical}} Any of the later French [[king]]s of the [[Merovingian]] dynasty, considered to have played a merely [[ceremonial]] role. # A leader with only [[nominal]] power. #*'''2012''', Adam Gopnik, "Vive La France", ''The New Yorker'', 7 May 2012: #*:Although Jacques Chirac more recently gave the role a distinctly sleepy, '''''roi fainéant''''' flavor, it remains a throne more than a mere office. ---- ==French== ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|m|head=[[roi]] [[fainéant]]|plural=rois fainéants}} # {{historical|lang=fr}} [[#English|roi fainéant]]

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