Verlan
/vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed. uncountable
Etymology
From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or back to front”).