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noun, masculine

ennui

/ɑ̃.nɥi/

noun, masculine/ɑ̃.nɥi/plural: ennuis

ennui is masculine in French.

boredom; lassitude; trouble, issue, annoyance

“Notre ennui, nos mœurs fades sont le résultat du système politique.” — Our boredom, our insipid customs, are the result of the political system.

Inherited from Old French enui, probably from the verb enuier.