verlan

See also: Verlan

Contents

English

Etymology

From French verlan, verlan from à l'envers (“upside down or in this case back to front”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/

Noun

verlan (uncountable)

1. A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.

Derived terms

• verlanise, verlanize

Translations

type of backslang used in French

• Dutch: verlan (nl) n
• French: verlan (fr) m
• German: Verlan n
• Hungarian: verlan (hu)
• Italian: verlan m

• Portuguese: verlan m
• Russian: верла́н (ru) m (verlán)
• Spanish: verlan m
• Swedish: verlan (sv) c
• Ukrainian: верла́н m (verlán)

Further reading

• verlan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Lavern, Vernal, nerval, vernal

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French

Etymology

Verlan for à l'envers (“back to front”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.lɑ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Noun

verlan m (uncountable)

1. verlan (type of backslang used in French)

Coordinate terms

• louchébem

Derived terms

• verlaniser

See also

• Category:Verlan

Further reading

• “verlan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• verlan on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French verlan, verlan made from à l'envers (“back to front”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Noun

verlan m (uncountable)

1. verlan (type of backslang used in French)