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bouquiner

v.

[bu.ki.ne] boo-kee-NAY

to read for pure pleasure; to browse through books

Je vais bouquiner au parc cet aprèm, tu viens ?I’m going to read in the park this afternoon, coming?
Elle passe ses dimanches à bouquiner près de la fenêtre.She spends her Sundays reading by the window.
Related words
  • bouquin — a book (fond word)
  • bouquiniste — riverside bookseller
  • feuilleter — to leaf through

From bouquin, an affectionate word for a book: the verb for reading in a deckchair with no purpose beyond pleasure, ideally beside the Seine’s bouquinistes.

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