flaneur

== English == === Alternative forms === flâneur === Etymology === From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /flɑːˈnɜː(ɹ)/, /flæˈnɜː(ɹ)/ (US) IPA(key): /flɑˈnʊɚ/ === Noun === flaneur (plural flaneurs) One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere. Synonyms: ambler, saunterer, stroller, wanderer An idler, a loafer. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idler ==== Derived terms ==== cyberflaneur ==== Translations ==== === Verb === flaneur (third-person singular simple present flaneurs, present participle flaneuring, simple past and past participle flaneured) To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. To walk to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.[since at least the 1860s] For more quotations using this term, see Citations:flaneur. === Anagrams === -flurane, earnful, flurane, frenula, funeral, unflare == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === flaneur m (plural flaneurs, diminutive flaneurtje n) a person who walks the city in order to experience it (Belgium) a saunterer; a lounger ==== Related terms ==== flaneren == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flâneur. === Noun === flaneur m (plural flaneuri) loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer ==== Declension ==== === References === flaneur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN