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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You guys are just learning French I swear

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah désuet and flâneur are as common in French as abandoned and loiterer are in English. I'd say only the first word describes something that there isn't another common word for.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I still see them used regularly, it's different than those English words most people don't even know.

[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Langueur is french too no ?

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago
[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

It is, but I can't say I would use it in everyday conversation like the other two.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

🎵 I'm always blowing bubbles🎵

[–] tipicaldik@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

I want to be a flâneur when I grow up...

[–] Pyro@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago

Some of these words might give a better understanding when put into sentences

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I remember hearing eudaimonia many years ago and thought that I can't wait for it. I haven't heard it since then and the state of the world reminds me I may never again.

[–] UdeRecife@literature.cafe 2 points 8 months ago

Are they good? What tracks do you recommend?

[–] mcmoor@bookwormstory.social 7 points 8 months ago

I only know eudaimonia because it's super advanced tech in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, essentially inventing utopia

[–] thantik@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know eudaimonia or flaneur, I like these! :D

[–] Lupus108@feddit.de 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I knew flaneur as an adjective in German, for example when you go on a walk through a shopping street, without any intent of shopping you go "flanieren". Just having a walk, looking at stores and people.

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s a french word too, though that usually translates more to loitering

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the bottom two are straight up French words.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And they have straight up common English versions, abandon and loiterer.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So once again French getting used to make shit sound fancier than it is, I'm used to it haha.

[–] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

From a french perspective, it's english once again taking fancy words and pronouncing them like shit :p

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow, those Germans have a word for everything.

[–] wieson@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

It appears we took it from French, but we have it nevertheless.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago

Languor isn't usually thought of as pleasant.

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago