flâner
French
Etymology
From the Norman verb flan(n)er. First known usage in French (flaner) in the 19th century. The Norman verb is a descendant of Old Norse flana (“to get into something heedlessly”). Compare Icelandic flana (“to rush, to act rashly, to get into something heedlessly”), flandra and flandur. See also Norwegian flane and flakke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɑ.ne/
Verb
flâner
Conjugation
Conjugation of flâner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | flâner | avoir flâné | |||||
| gerund | en flânant | en ayant flâné | |||||
| present participle | flânant /flɑ.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | flâné /flɑ.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | flâne /flɑn/ |
flânes /flɑn/ |
flâne /flɑn/ |
flânons /flɑ.nɔ̃/ |
flânez /flɑ.ne/ |
flânent /flɑn/ |
| imperfect | flânais /flɑ.nɛ/ |
flânais /flɑ.nɛ/ |
flânait /flɑ.nɛ/ |
flânions /flɑ.njɔ̃/ |
flâniez /flɑ.nje/ |
flânaient /flɑ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | flânai /flɑ.ne/ |
flânas /flɑ.na/ |
flâna /flɑ.na/ |
flânâmes /flɑ.nam/ |
flânâtes /flɑ.nat/ |
flânèrent /flɑ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | flânerai /flɑn.ʁe/ |
flâneras /flɑn.ʁa/ |
flânera /flɑn.ʁa/ |
flânerons /flɑn.ʁɔ̃/ |
flânerez /flɑn.ʁe/ |
flâneront /flɑn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | flânerais /flɑn.ʁɛ/ |
flânerais /flɑn.ʁɛ/ |
flânerait /flɑn.ʁɛ/ |
flânerions /flɑ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flâneriez /flɑ.nə.ʁje/ |
flâneraient /flɑn.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | flâne /flɑn/ |
flânes /flɑn/ |
flâne /flɑn/ |
flânions /flɑ.njɔ̃/ |
flâniez /flɑ.nje/ |
flânent /flɑn/ |
| imperfect1 | flânasse /flɑ.nas/ |
flânasses /flɑ.nas/ |
flânât /flɑ.na/ |
flânassions /flɑ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
flânassiez /flɑ.na.sje/ |
flânassent /flɑ.nas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | flâne /flɑn/ |
— | flânons /flɑ.nɔ̃/ |
flânez /flɑ.ne/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “flâner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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