@joel@tumfatig.net @gumnos Really? I've probably lost it, but my FR used to be more Parisian. (Nasal vowels and glottal/pharyngeal sounds are awkward for most Americans, the same as Spanish palatal trills.)

I always thought of « ennui » as more of a state of being. However, in literature it is often used to describe something between boredom and depression. (It always brings me to French existential/absurdist literature, like Camus. « Ennui » isn't something you can give a single word definition to, but rather a concept. It's almost like “blasé” … IFKYK)