Summary
flippant {adjective}
désinvolte
flipper {noun}
flipper · pinball
flipper {verb}
to be out of it · to chicken out
English-French translation for "flippant"
"flippant" French translation
flippant {adjective}
flippant {adj.} (also: jaunty, light-hearted, casual, free and easy)
Senator Forrestall: I would not be too flippant with the members of this chamber.
Therefore, it is not as though this were some kind of a flippant response.
It was meant to be a flippant remark in the spirit in which the point of order was made.
I would like the member to comment on this issue because I think it is not a flippant one, it is a serious one.
flippant {adjective}
flipper {noun}
flipper {verb}
to be out of it {vb}
to chicken out {vb} [slg.]
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "flippant":
Synonyms (French) for "flipper":
Usage examples
Usage examples for "flippant" in French
Again, in that particular case, if the federal government had retained its powers, it would not be so flippant in its answers and it would have to justify its decision.
Mr. Amolo (Kenya) said that he had found some of the Secretariat's conclusions regarding visitor services at Nairobi casual and even flippant.
That sounds as if it is meant to be a flippant comment, but we know what tragic consequences dictatorship brought to human lives in so many European countries.
This is why I think it is somewhat flippant and a bad precedent to ban or attempt to ban gear of this kind in the areas in question.
The issue of consensual sex between adults of the same sex is a contentious one and it would be disingenuous of the Government to treat it flippantly.
For that reason I support the involvement of the NATO forces, not flippantly because I know that in doing so individuals will lose their lives as some have already.
It was once said, flippantly, that youth is wasted on the young. Nevertheless, the Holy See is pleased that the United Nations continues to have high regard for the importance of young people.
But I must say to you in all honesty that the text before us today has been thrown together, it is slapdash and flippant and I, for one, am not proud of it.
Similar words
flimsy · flint · flintlock · flintstone · flinty · flip · flip-flop · flip-flops · flipchart · flippancy · flippant · flippantly · flipper · flipping · flirt · flirtation · flirtatiously · flirting · flivver · float · floatable
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