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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-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.
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.
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.
I still see them used regularly, it’s different than those English words most people don’t even know.
Langueur is french too no ?
It is, but I can’t say I would use it in everyday conversation like the other two.
Yes