"volapük" meaning in French

See volapük in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vɔ.la.pyk/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-volapük.wav Forms: volapüks [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|-|volapüks}} volapük m (usually uncountable, plural volapüks)
  1. Volapük (language) Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-volapük-fr-noun-xyYV82Lv
  2. (derogatory) incomprehensible language. Tags: derogatory, masculine, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-volapük-fr-noun-nB5VUJNK Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Artificial languages Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Artificial languages: 43 57
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          "ref": "1927, Marcel Proust, edited by Gallimard, Le temps retrouvé:",
          "text": "— Elle ne disait pas très bien les vers ? hasarda l’ami de Bloch pour flatter Rachel, qui répondit :\n— Oh ! ça, elle n’a jamais su en dire un ; c’était de la prose, du chinois, du volapük, tout, excepté un vers. D’ailleurs, je vous dirai que, bien entendu, je ne l’ai entendue que très peu, sur sa fin, ajouta-t-elle pour se rajeunir, mais on m’a dit qu’autrefois ce n’était pas mieux, au contraire.",
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