different between backslang vs verlan

English

Alternative forms

• back slang, back-slang

Etymology

From back +? slang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bækslæ?/

Noun

backslang (countable and uncountable, plural backslangs)

1. (linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed.

   Coordinate term: centre slang

   1. (Britain) Pig Latin.

See also

• Lunfardo
• Polari
• verlan
• vesre

Translations

Further reading

• Back slang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Category:Back slang by language
• Appendix:Costermongers' back slang

English

Etymology

From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or back to front”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??(?)?l??n/

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

Further reading

• verlan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Lavern, Vernal, nerval, vernal

French

Etymology

Verlan of à l'envers (“back to front”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.l??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

verlan m (uncountable)

1. verlan (type of backslang used in French)

Coordinate terms

• louchébem

Derived terms

• verlaniser

See also

• Category:Verlan

Further reading

• “verlan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• verlan on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

verlan m (uncountable)

1. verlan (type of backslang used in French)