chleuh
See also: Chleuh
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شلوح (šlūḥ). Among the French military in northern Africa (Bataillon d'Afrique), it came to mean "one who could not speak French or even Arabic" and was later applied to the Germans, mainly during the Second World War.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chleuh m (plural chleuhs, feminine chleuhe)
- (uncountable) Tashelhit; one of the Berber languages
- (countable, derogatory, ethnic slur) a German; a kraut [1940s]
Adjective edit
chleuh (feminine chleuhe, masculine plural chleuhs, feminine plural chleuhes)
Further reading edit
- “chleuh”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.