charabia

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1 French

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a perceived Auvergnat pronunciation of /s/ as /ʃ/.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʃaʁabja/

Noun[edit]

charabia m (plural charabias)

(obsolete) Auvergnat dialect
(colloquial) double Dutch
gibberish

Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce charabia?

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

rabâchai

Further reading[edit]

“charabia” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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