chômer

chômer [∫ome]

➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb

( = être inactif) to be idle

• on n'a pas chômé we didn't just sit around doing nothing

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ʃome
1.

verbe transitif not to work on [journée]

2.

verbe intransitif

1) (être improductif) [personne, machine, capital] to be idle

nous ne chômons pas en ce moment! — we're not short of work at the moment!

2) (être sans travail) [employé] to be out of work; [usine, machines] to stand idle; [industrie] to be at a standstill

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ʃome vi

to be unemployed

ne pas chômer fig — to be far from idle

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chômer verb table: aimer

A vtr not to work on.

B vi

1 (être improductif) [personne, machine, capital, imagination] to be idle; nous ne chômons pas en ce moment! we're not short of work at the moment!; laisser chômer les terres Agric to leave the land fallow;

2 (être sans travail) [employé] to be out of work; [usine, machines] to stand idle; [industrie] to be at a standstill.

[ʃome] verbe intransitif

1. [être sans emploi] to be unemployed ou out of work

2. [suspendre le travail - employé] to knock off work ; [ - entreprise, machine] to stand idle, to be at a standstill

3. [avoir du loisir] to be idle, to have time on one's hands

elle n'a pas le temps de chômer she hasn't got time to sit and twiddle her thumbs

il ne chôme pas he's never short of something to do

4. [être improductif]

laisser chômer son argent to let one's money lie idle