Level B1 (Intermediate)
Today’s French Word of the Day is “glander,” an informal verb meaning “to not do anything” or “to loaf around.”
Meaning
Pronunciation
Example sentences
Related lessons
Meaning
“Glander” is a French slang verb meaning “to fart around,” “to lounge about,” or “to loaf about.” It implies a state of doing nothing productive or wasting time.
Pronunciation
Example sentences
This first example sentence uses the indefinite pronoun grand-chose. Pas grand-chose means “not much” and “not a lot”.
Qu’est-ce que fais ce matin ? – Pas grand-chose. Je glande un peu.
What are you doing this morning? – Not much – just lounging around a bit.
For this sentence, the preposition pendant translates literally to “during” but can also mean “for + time word”. La journée refers to the duration of a day while le jour refers to the unit of time. The negation ne + verb + rien means anything or nothing.
Martin a glandé pendant toute la journée. Il n’a rien fait.
Martin farted around the whole day. He didn’t do anything.
Related Word of the Day lesson
- Flâner: to stroll, to wander aimlessly, to lounge
- Traîner: to dawdle, to loiter, to hang around
- Paresseux: lazy
- Feignant: lazy
- Avoir la flemme: to be lazy, can’t be bothered
- Remettre au lendemain: to procrastinate
