verlan

See also: Verlan

English

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

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)

1. 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

Dutch: verlan (nl) n French: verlan (fr) m German: Verlan n Greek: βερλάν (verlán) Hungarian: verlan (hu) Italian: verlan m Japanese: ヴェルラン (veruran), ベルラン (beruran) Portuguese: verlan m Russian: верла́н (ru) m (verlán) Spanish: verlan m Swedish: verlan (sv) c Ukrainian: верла́н m (verlán)

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 (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Noun

verlan m (uncountable)

1. 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

• 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

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

verlan

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French verlan, verlan of à l'envers (“back to front”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈlɐ̃/ [veɦˈlɐ̃]

• (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)

1. verlan (type of backslang used in French)