French word

atermoyeur

Pronunciation

IPA/atɛʁmwajœʁ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounprocrastinator

Example

Ne soyez pas des atermoyeurs, agissez maintenant.

Don't be procrastinators; act now.

Illustration for atermoyeur (procrastinator)

More examples

Mon collègue est un atermoyeur et il remet toujours tout au lendemain.

My colleague is a procrastinator, and he always puts everything off until tomorrow.

Core concept

A person keeps moving each task to a later place on the calendar instead of completing it.

Common phrases

  • un collaborateur atermoyeur

    a procrastinating coworker

  • avoir tendance à être atermoyeur

    tends to be a procrastinator

Similar words

paresseux: A person who lacks motivation and dislikes taking action.
procrastinateur: A person who unintentionally keeps putting necessary tasks off.
fainéant: A person who strongly dislikes work and remains idle.

Definition in French

Personne qui, par habitude, remet l'exécution de ses tâches à un moment ultérieur.

Word origin

The noun atermoyeur comes from atermoyer, with -eur identifying the person who performs the action; atermoyer contains the idea of setting something à terme.

Usage tips

  • The feminine form is atermoyeuse, following the common French agent-noun alternation between -eur and -euse.

Opposites

  • personne réactivea responsive personnoun
  • personne efficacean efficient personnoun

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