English Dictionary

roi fainéant

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌɹwɑː ˈfeɪnɪənt/

名詞

歴史的

(historical) Any of the later French kings of the Merovingian dynasty, considered to have played a merely ceremonial role. / A leader with only nominal power.

日本語の意味

メロヴィング朝後期のフランス王（実権を持たず、形式的な権威のみを保持していた王） / 実権がなく、名目的に留まった指導者 / 儀礼的または名ばかりのリーダー

King Chilperic III is often labeled a roi fainéant, a ceremonial monarch overshadowed by the mayors of the palace.

キルペリク3世はしばしば名目上の王と見なされ、実権は宮宰（宮廷の長官）に握られていた儀礼的な君主でした。

意味（1）

(historical) Any of the later French kings of the Merovingian dynasty, considered to have played a merely ceremonial role.

Whether it be some Visigothic chieftain raised on a shield above the shoulders of his shouting warriors, some Roi Fainéant of the Merovingian race, a listless, pallid, long-haired kingling, dragged languidly through the streets in a painted wagon by sleek oxen, […] it seems clear to me that we must have some sort of a show, and a pageant, and a ‘barbaric pomp’ of procession.

意味（2）

A leader with only nominal power.

He is a King Do-Nothing, a Roi Fainéant, who shirks and evades all the responsibilities of his position […]

rois fainéants （ plural ）