"verlan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-verlan.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɑːn Etymology: From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l’envers (“upside down or back to front”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|verlan}} French verlan Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} verlan (uncountable)
  1. A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: verlanise, verlanize Translations (type of backslang used in French): verlan [neuter] (Dutch), verlan [masculine] (French), Verlan [neuter] (German), βερλάν (verlán) (Greek), verlan (Hungarian), verlan [masculine] (Italian), ヴェルラン (veruran) (Japanese), ベルラン (beruran) (Japanese), verlan [masculine] (Portuguese), верла́н (verlán) [masculine] (Russian), verlan [masculine] (Spanish), verlan [common-gender] (Swedish), верла́н (verlán) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-verlan-en-noun-tPqgWZdR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, French links with redundant alt parameters

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