charabia
French
Etymology
From a perceived Auvergnat pronunciation of /s/ as /ʃ/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.ʁa.bja/
Audio (file)
Noun
charabia m (plural charabias)
- (obsolete) Auvergnat dialect
- (colloquial) double Dutch
- gibberish
- Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce charabia?
- What is this gibberish?
See also
- chinois
- hébreu
Further reading
- “charabia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rabâchai