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
- verlanise, verlanize
Translations
type of backslang used in French
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Further reading
verlan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Lavern, Vernal, nerval, vernal
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", 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 terms
- louchébem
Derived terms
- verlaniser
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
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
Noun
verlan m (uncountable)
- verlan (type of backslang used in French)