verlan
See also: Verlan
EnglishEdit
Examples |
---|
|
EtymologyEdit
From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or back to front”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
verlan (uncountable)
- A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
type of backslang used in French
Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Verlan form of à l'envers (“back to front”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
verlan m (uncountable)
- verlan (type of backslang used in French)
- 2015 November 12, Yannick Vernini, "Nancy : Bigflo et Oli dans « La Cour des Grands », l’interview", L'Est Républicain.
- Notre premier public, ça a été nos parents. À partir de là, il fallait être précis, il ne fallait pas utiliser le verlan ou dire des conneries.
- Our first audience was our parents. Starting from there, you had to be precise, you couldn't use verlan or talk bullshit.
- 2015 November 12, Yannick Vernini, "Nancy : Bigflo et Oli dans « La Cour des Grands », l’interview", L'Est Républicain.
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “verlan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- verlan on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French verlan, verlan of à l'envers (“back to front”).
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
NounEdit
verlan m (uncountable)
- verlan (type of backslang used in French)