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See also: Verlan
English
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Etymology
[edit]From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l’envers (“upside down or back to front”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
[edit]verlan (uncountable)
- A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]type of backslang used in French
Further reading
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verlan form of à l’envers (“back to front”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]verlan m (uncountable)
- verlan (type of backslang used in French)
- 2015 November 12, Yannick Vernini, “Nancy : Bigflo et Oli dans « La Cour des Grands », l’interview”, in L'Est Républicain:
- Notre premier public, ça a été nos parents. À partir de là, il fallait être précis, il ne fallait pas utiliser le verlan ou dire des conneries.
- Our first audience was our parents. Starting from there, you had to be precise, you couldn't use verlan or talk bullshit.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verlan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
verlan on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French verlan, verlan of à l’envers (“back to front”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
Noun
[edit]verlan m (uncountable)
- verlan (type of backslang used in French)
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