flânerv.
[flɑ.ne]
to wander / stroll with no purpose
In a sentence
- J’aime flâner dans les rues de Paris.I love wandering through the streets of Paris.
- On a flâné toute l’après-midi au bord de la Loire.We strolled all afternoon along the Loire.
The unofficial sport of Paris: wandering with no destination and no guilt. Baudelaire built a whole literary figure — le flâneur — on this verb.
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