flanør

See also: flanör

Danish

Etymology

From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”), from flâner (“to wander around, to loiter”). Cognate with English flaneur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flanøːr/, [flaˈnøːˀɐ̯]

Noun

flanør c (singular definite flanøren, plural indefinite flanører)

  1. an elegant idler or loafer

Inflection

Further reading

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