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minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoYeah 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.
minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIt is, but I can’t say I would use it in everyday conversation like the other two.
minus-squareNoodle07@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI still see them used regularly, it’s different than those English words most people don’t even know.
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.
Langueur is french too no ?
Yes
It is, but I can’t say I would use it in everyday conversation like the other two.
I still see them used regularly, it’s different than those English words most people don’t even know.