verlan
See also: Verlan
English
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Etymology
From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or back to front”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
verlan (uncountable)
- A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.
Derived terms
Translations
type of backslang used in French
Further reading
Anagrams
French
FWOTD – 20 March 2022
Etymology
Verlan form of à l'envers (“back to front”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.lɑ̃/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃
Noun
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”, in 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.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
See also
- Category:Verlan
Further reading
- “verlan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- verlan on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French verlan, verlan of à l'envers (“back to front”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈlɐ̃/ [veɦˈlɐ̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾˈlɐ̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁˈlɐ̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veɻˈlɐ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
Noun
verlan m (uncountable)
- verlan (type of backslang used in French)