"gyal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Anglais]

Forms: gyals [plural]
  1. Terme se rapprochant de la prononciation de girl, notamment utilisé dans des musiques proches de la Jamaïque. Tags: slang
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gyal dem

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gyal dem"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Emprunté au créole jamaïcain gyal (« fille »), de l'anglais girl."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gyals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en français",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Termes argotiques en anglais",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Raymond Hickey, A Dictionary of Varieties of English, Wiley, 2014, p. 52",
          "text": "It is a continuum of varieties with the most basilectal form showing typical features of Caribbean creoles such as syllable-timing, TH-stopping, a reduced vowel system lacking systemic length distinctions, retention of unu as a second person plural pronoun and post-velar pre-ASH palatalization, for example gyal for girl."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Iss Heridiny, « Expression : Les mots les plus prononcés dans les chansons », Midi Madagasikara, 19 septembre 2022",
          "text": "Gyal : on entend souvent ce mot dans les chansons des raggamen. En fait, ce mot vient du mot anglais girl. Gyal, c'est ainsi que les jamaïcains le prononcent, avec leur patois english."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Bob Sinclar, Sound of Freedom, 2007",
          "text": "No gyal look sweet like you tonight, Every man have their eyes on you, Gyal, you're comin' home with me tonight, right?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Terme se rapprochant de la prononciation de girl, notamment utilisé dans des musiques proches de la Jamaïque."
      ],
      "id": "fr-gyal-en-noun-r2O7Kn41",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyal"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gyal dem"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Emprunté au créole jamaïcain gyal (« fille »), de l'anglais girl."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gyals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
        "Exemples en français",
        "Termes argotiques en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Raymond Hickey, A Dictionary of Varieties of English, Wiley, 2014, p. 52",
          "text": "It is a continuum of varieties with the most basilectal form showing typical features of Caribbean creoles such as syllable-timing, TH-stopping, a reduced vowel system lacking systemic length distinctions, retention of unu as a second person plural pronoun and post-velar pre-ASH palatalization, for example gyal for girl."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Iss Heridiny, « Expression : Les mots les plus prononcés dans les chansons », Midi Madagasikara, 19 septembre 2022",
          "text": "Gyal : on entend souvent ce mot dans les chansons des raggamen. En fait, ce mot vient du mot anglais girl. Gyal, c'est ainsi que les jamaïcains le prononcent, avec leur patois english."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Bob Sinclar, Sound of Freedom, 2007",
          "text": "No gyal look sweet like you tonight, Every man have their eyes on you, Gyal, you're comin' home with me tonight, right?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Terme se rapprochant de la prononciation de girl, notamment utilisé dans des musiques proches de la Jamaïque."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyal"
}

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