chleuh
See also: Chleuh
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Berber. Among the French military in Africa it came to mean "one who couldn't speak French" and was then applied to the Germans during the Second World War.
Pronunciation
Noun
chleuh m (plural chleuhs, feminine chleuhe)
- (uncountable) Tashelhit; one of the Berber languages
- (countable, derogatory, ethnic slur) a German; a kraut [1940s]
Synonyms
- (German, pejorative): boche
Adjective
chleuh (feminine chleuhe, masculine plural chleuhs, feminine plural chleuhes)
Further reading
- “chleuh”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.