verlan

See also: Verlan

English

Examples
barjot (from jobard, “crazy”) laisse béton (from laisse tomber, “forget it”) keum (from mec, “guy, bloke”) meuf (from femme, “woman, lady”) ripou (from pourri, “corrupt, rotten”) tromé (from métro, “subway, underground”) t'es ouf (from t'es fou, “you're crazy”) verlan (from à l'envers, “back to front”)

Etymology

From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or 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 of à l'envers (“back to front”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.lɑ̃/

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• 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 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 of à l'envers (“back to front”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Noun

verlan m (uncountable)

1. verlan (type of backslang used in French)