yéyé

See also: yeye, yéye, and yé-yé

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeah-yeah. Compare to go-go, of contemporary coinage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je.je/

Noun

yéyé m (uncountable)

1. Pop singer, or fan, of the early 1960s
2. pop music (of the early 60s)

Derived terms

• yéyéfication

Further reading

• “yéyé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.