verlan
/ (French vɛrlɑ̃) /
noun
a variety of French slang in which the syllables are inverted, such as meuf for femme, and also incorporating Arabic words and phrases
Word Origin for verlan
C20: from inverting the syllables of the French word
l'envers meaning the other way round
Words nearby verlan
verkhne-udinsk,
verkhneudinsk,
verkhoyansk range,
verkrampte,
verlaine,
verlan,
verligte,
vermeer,
vermeer, jan,
vermeil,
vermi-
Example sentences from the Web for verlan
Thousand dollars rewar' f'r th' appr'enshun of 'Verlan' Red.
Overland Red |Henry Herbert Knibbs