flaneur

See also Flaneur, and flâneur

English

WOTD – 3 December 2009    

Etymology

From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”).

Noun

flaneur (plural flaneurs)

1. One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace.
   • 2009, Barry Estabrook, Gourmet October 2009, "Good Living", page 57

     Portsmouth is a flaneur’s dream come true, a place that simply begs to be explored randomly and on foot.

2. An idler, a loafer.

Derived terms

• cyberflaneur

Translations

one who wanders aimlessly

• Estonian: flanöör (et)
• Finnish: kuljeskelija (fi)
• French: promeneur (fr), baladeur (fr), flâneur (fr)
• Italian: bighellone (it), perdigiorno (it), vitellone (it)
• Norwegian: flanør (no) m

• Polish: włóczęga (pl)
• Russian: фланёр (ru) (flanjór) m, бражник (ru) (bražnik) m, гуляка (ru) (guljaka) m, кутила (ru) (kutila) m
• Spanish: vagante (es), vagueante (es), callejero (es), azotacalles (es), paseante ocioso (es), mirón (es)

Anagrams

• frenula
• funeral

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Dutch

Noun

flaneur m (plural flaneurs, diminutive flaneurtje)

1. A person who walks the city in order to experience it.
2. (Flemish) A saunterer; a lounger.

Related terms

• flaneren