crouille
French edit
Etymology edit
From crouillat (which has the same meaning), from a Maghrebi Arabic word meaning "brother".[1] Ultimately from Arabic أخ (ʔaḵ, literally “brother”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crouille m or f (plural crouilles)
- (ethnic slur, dated) a Maghrebi; a North-African Arab
- 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
- À Amiens y a que des Noirs et des bougnoules, des crouilles t’y vas tu crois que t’en Afrique. Faut pas aller là-bas, c’est sûr que tu te fais dépouiller.
- In Amiens there's nothing but blacks, wogs and Maghrebis; you go and you think you're in Africa. You mustn't go there; you'll definitely get robbed.