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Meaning of flânerie in English:

flânerie

noun

mass noun

  • Aimless idle behaviour.

    • ‘The figure who comes to mind when I read this is Benjamin's flâneur; and, though Chakrabarty doesn't explore the correspondence between flânerie and adda, the resemblances are striking.’

Pronunciation

flânerie

/flanˈriː/ /flanʀi/

Origin

French, from flâner ‘saunter, lounge’.