javanais
See also: Javanais
English
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javanais (uncountable)
- A type of slang used in the French language, where an extra syllable -av- or -va is placed inside a word as an infix.
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editEtymology 1
editFrom Java + -ais, with the addition of the interfix (n) to prevent the sequence -aa-. Java + -n- + ais.
Noun
editjavanais m (plural javanais)
- (uncountable) Javanese (language)
- (countable) a coffee and chocolate flavored French pastry
Adjective
editjavanais (feminine javanaise, masculine plural javanais, feminine plural javanaises)
- (relational) of Java (the island); Javanese
Etymology 2
editProbably from conjugated forms of avoir such as j’avais (“I had”).
Noun
editjavanais m (uncountable)
- javanais (French slang)
- 1860, Edmond & Jules de Goncourt, Charles Demailly, published 1876, page 183:
- […] la Crécy parlait le javanais, cet argot de Bréda où la syllabe va, jetée après chaque syllabe, hache pour les profanes le son et le sens des mots, idiome hiéroglyphique du monde-fille, qui lui permet de se parler à l’oreille—tout haut.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- “javanais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- javanais on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- javanais (argot) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
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