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Verlan

Verlan

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German

Noun

Verlan ?

verlan

verlan

verlan

See also: Verlan

English

Noun

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

verlan ‎(uncountable)

A type of backslang used in France, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.

Translations

a type of backslang used in France

Dutch: verlan n
French: verlan (fr) m
German: Verlan
Italian: verlan m
Portuguese: verlan m

Russian: верлан (ru) ‎(verlan)
Spanish: verlan m
Swedish: verlan (sv)
Ukrainian: верлан ‎(verlan)

See also

verlan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

vernal

French

Etymology

Verlan for à l'envers, meaning "back to front".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.lɑ̃/

Noun

verlan m ‎(uncountable)

verlan

Derived terms

verlaniser

See also

louchébem

Portuguese

Noun

verlan m (uncountable)

verlan (a type of backslang used in France)