Fenglish

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A language that combines Farsi and English. informal

    "We laugh in Persian, and this is always the language for jokes, which sometimes causes difficulties for American girlfriends. But if we take a closer look, things are more complicated, as diglossia – Penglish or Fenglish – is spreading […]"

Example

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"We laugh in Persian, and this is always the language for jokes, which sometimes causes difficulties for American girlfriends. But if we take a closer look, things are more complicated, as diglossia – Penglish or Fenglish – is spreading […]"

Etymology

Blend of Farsi + English.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.