"ouaï" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /waj/ Forms: ouaïs [plural], oaï [alternative], ouaille [alternative]
Etymology: Probably ultimately from Italian uaio (“mess”), regional (Southern) variant of guaio (“woe”), perhaps via Occitan oai. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|it|uaio||mess}} Italian uaio (“mess”), {{der|fr|oc|oai}} Occitan oai Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} ouaï m (plural ouaïs)
  1. (slang, Marseille dialect) mess, chaos Tags: masculine, slang

Inflected forms

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