flaneur
pronunciation
How to pronounce flaneur in British English:
UK [flæ'nɜ:]
How to pronounce flaneur in American English:
US [flæ'nɜ]
Word Origin
- flaneur (n.)
- "habitual loafer, idle man about town," 1854, from French flâneur, from flâner "to stroll, loaf, saunter," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse flana "to wander aimlessly," Norwegian flana, flanta "to gad about"), perhaps from PIE *pele- (2) "flat, to spread." Related: flânerie.
Example
- 1. Symbolist textuality , aestheticism , relation to image the flaneur and the city .
- 2. He was called a flaneur , one who strolled the arcades .
- 3. What can be recuperated from the idea of the flaneur , and how is this idea played out in the context of chinese artistic and urban dialectics , and in the new chinese cities ?