Today we’ll look at upper intermediate (B1/B2) verb flâner, which has two somewhat separate meanings: 1) To stroll and 2) To laze or lounge about.
flâner
to stroll, laze about
Word origin
Flâner comes from flanner in Norman lanuage, which in turn is related to flana in Norsemen (Old Scandinavian).
Example sentences
À Paris, j’aime flâner le long de la Seine.
In Paris, I like to stroll along the Seine River.
This sentence uses profiter which means to enjoy or “make the most of”.
Julie profite du samedi matin pour flâner.
Julie takes advantage of Saturday morning to laze about.
In this last example, flâner has an underlying meaning of to sit around doing nothing.
Claude n’a pas le temps de flâner avant son examen.
Claude doesn’t have the time to lounge around before his exam.
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