verlan
See also: Verlan
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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)
Translations
    
type of backslang used in French
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.
 
 
 
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See also
    
- Category:Verlan
Further reading
    
- “verlan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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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
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