vice allemand

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vis al.mɑ̃/

Noun

vice allemand m (uncountable)

1. (dated) Euphemistic form of homosexualité. Sometimes wrongly spelled "vice allemande" in English-language texts.

Descendants

• English: German vice

References

• Beachy, Robert (2010) “The German Invention of Homosexuality”, in The Journal of Modern History, volume 82, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 801–838: “If the French spoke of the vice allemande or an Eulenburgue, the Italians now referred to the homosexual as a “Berlinese,” while the English spoke of the “German custom.””
• Mancini, Elena (2010) Magnus Hirschfeld and the Quest for Sexual Freedom: A History of the First International Sexual Freedom Movement, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN: “The Krupp incident caused a sensation throughout Europe, and it was not long before the continent adopted homophobic epithets for homosexuality that referenced Germany. Male homosexual acts were referred to as “la Berlinese” in Italy and “le vice allemande” (the German vice) in France.”
• Belonsky, Andrew (2014 February 18) “Today in Gay History: A Fatal Political Outing, 1902-Style”, in Out‎^[1]