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Meaning of "verlan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VERLAN

From inverting the syllables of the French word l'envers meaning the other way round.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VERLAN

verlan  [French] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VERLAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Verlan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VERLAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Verlan

Verlan is an argot in the French language, featuring inversion of syllables in a word, and is common in slang and youth language. It rests on a long French tradition of transposing syllables of individual words to create slang words. The name verlan is an example: it is derived from inverting the sounds of the syllables in l'envers.

Definition of verlan in the English dictionary

The definition of verlan in the dictionary is a variety of French slang in which the syllables are inverted, such as meuf for femme, and also incorporating Arabic words and phrases.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VERLAN


aubade
French
auberge
French
boudin
French
chanteuse
French
coquille
French
entente
French
entremets
French
Fauve
French
flacon
French
longueur
French
mondaine
French
monsieur
French
poussin
French
quinze
French
remblai
French

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VERLAN

veritableness
veritably
veritas
verities
verity
verjuice
Verkhne-Udinsk
verkramp
verkrampte
Verlaine
verlig
verligte
vermal
Vermeer
vermeil
vermes
vermian
vermicelli
vermicidal
vermicide

WORDS THAT END LIKE VERLAN

action plan
Alan
business plan
Catalan
clan
courlan
Darlan
Dylan
floor plan
Guatemalan
hallan
Klan
Macmillan
Magellan
McMillan
Milan
Nolan
plan
ulan
Venezuelan

Synonyms and antonyms of verlan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «verlan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VERLAN

Find out the translation of verlan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of verlan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «verlan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

verlan
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

verlan
570 millions of speakers

English

verlan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

verlan
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

verlan
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Верлан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

verlan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

verlan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

verlan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Verlan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verlan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

verlan
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

verlan
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Verlan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

verlan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

verlan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्लान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Verlan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

verlan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

verlan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Верлан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Verlan
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

verlan
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

verlan
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Verlan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Verlan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of verlan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VERLAN»

The term «verlan» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.034 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VERLAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «verlan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «verlan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about verlan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VERLAN»

Discover the use of verlan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to verlan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Speech Play and Verbal Art
Joel Sherzer. Il est mechant 'He is mean' > Il est chamer Bonjour > Jourbon Merci > Cimer Verlan, while used by and associated with adolescents — in particular in certain lower-class and working-class suburbs of Paris — has become ...
Joel Sherzer, 2010
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Haine:
titles such as Claude Zidi's 1984 Les Ripoux (verlan for pourri, corrupt) and Josiane Balasko's 1987 Les Keufs (verlan (or flic, cop). Other words have entered the national vocabulary, such as meuf (femme, woman) and, of course, beur ( arabe); ...
Ginette Vincendeau, 2005
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Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts
However, while these studies suggest links between Verlan use and identity, ultimately they do not delve deep in this area. In particular, they do not include youths' own perspectives on their sense of identity, and do not provide specific, ...
Aneta Pavlenko, Adrian Blackledge, 2004
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French Today: Language in Its Social Context
Leur langue: le verlan. IIs ont entre 13 et 25 ans, habitent la banlieue - forcement - dans des cites deglinguees et sans ame. Certains rapent ou taguent, ou bien les deux a la fois. D'autres, minoritaires, - les 'cailleras' - depouillent et pratiquent  ...
Carol Sanders, 1993
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Educational Research and Innovation Languages in a Global ...
A contemporary context The contemporary popularisation of verlan in France today is important because of its close linkage to a different culture.13 Like argot, verlan affirms a group consciousness and it is considered “a language of group ...
Della Chiesa Bruno, Scott Jessica, Hinton Christina, 2012
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La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
titles such as Claude Zidi's 1984 Les Ripoux (verlan for pourri, corrupt) and Josiane Balasko's 1987 Les Keufs (verlan for flic, cop). Other words have entered the national vocabulary, such as meuf (femme, woman) and, of course, beur ( arabe); ...
Ginette Vincendeau, 2005
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Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood ...
On February 13, 1978, an agent promising security met Verlan at the Denver airport and then drove him to the local FBI office. The agents made it plain that they desperately needed Lloyd's testimony, but officially they were unable to ask it of ...
Irene Spencer, 2009
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Favorite Wife: Escape from Polygamy
Verlan stuck his head back inside the bus doorway and motioned for me to join him. I sighed with frustration. I didn't want Charlotte to see me this way, but it was too late to do anything about it. I walked down the bus steps, trying to smooth out  ...
Susan Ray Schmidt, 2009
9
Verlan
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Verlan is an argot in the French language, featuring inversion of syllables in a word, and is common in slang and youth language.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France ...
The liveliest form of Argot now used is Verlan, which is common in the French Arabic ghettos of the suburbs. Verlan just reverses the syllables of a word—the term Verlan is itself a reversal of the term l'envers (reverse). Many Verlan words are ...
Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VERLAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term verlan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Merirosvot nousivat maihin Verlan keskiaikatapahtumassa
Kouvolan kulttuurituottaja Helena Jetsu sai kipinän keskiaikatapahtuma Verlan ajan järjestämiseen haudasta löytyneen korun jäljennöksestä. Festivaalia on ... «YLE, Aug 15»
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Tapahtumapaikan hinta nousi — Verlan aika maksaa puolet …
Kaupungin järjestämään Verlan aika -keskiaikatapahtumaan pääsee kymmenellä eurolla per kävijä. Kouvolan kaupungin kulttuurituottaja Helena Jetsun ... «Kouvolan Sanomat, Jul 15»
3
Verlan kesäkausi alkaa
Verlan historiapolku avataan lauantaina 6. kesäkuuta. Polku esittelee maailmanperintökohde Verlan aluetta ja historiaa. Samalla se täydentää tehtaan sisällä ... «Kouvolan Sanomat, Jun 15»
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Apuraha auttoi Verlan kylänkirjan valmistumista
Toimintaa ja elinkeinoja Verlan seudulla-kirja on jatkoa Verlan seudun ensimmäiseksi omaksi kyläkirjaksi määritellylle, vuonna 2012 ilmestyneelle Elämää ja ... «Kouvolan Sanomat, May 15»
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Open innovation : Butagaz s'adresse aux start-up en verlan
Le spécialiste de l'énergie Butagaz lance un programme de soutien aux start-up évoluant sur le créneau du confort domestique. Leurs produits et services ... «ITespresso.fr, May 15»
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Survêts, verlan et vannes: le Woop, des youtubers qui changent des …
"Y'a pas de meuf ici, frère ! J'ai le seum de ouf". Ils parlent comme ça dans le Woop, pour dire qu'ils sont grave dégoûtés. Youssoupha, Hakim, Malcolm, et les ... «Le Parisien, Feb 15»
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Kaikki eivät ilahtuneet Verlan ajan paluusta Verlaan
Pakkohan tuota on kommentoida. Päätös järjestää Verlan Aika Kasarminmäellä oli typerä ja tapahtuman henkeä syövä. Tietenkin Verlan Aika kuuluu Verlaan. «Kouvolan Sanomat, Jan 15»
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From Normandy to Germany: Verlan Lauder has war stories
ewhitlock. Nov 13, 2014; Comments. Verlan Lauder. ewhitlock. Verlan Lauder stands by a picture of himself in uniform during the Second World War. × ... «Rexburg Standard Journal, Nov 14»
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Benzema fait du verlan pour la victoire
ENTHOUSIASME DÉBORDANT - L'attaquant de l'équipe de France Karim Benzema a posté une photo sur Instagram après le succès des Bleus (3-0). «Europe1, Jun 14»
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Family says "Let Our Children Pray" truck fire was intentionally set
One Knox County family who helps with "Let Our Children Pray" events says video shows two people setting their tractor-trailer truck on fire Monday. Verlan and ... «WKYT, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Verlan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/verlan>. May 2024 ».
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