javanais

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English

Etymology

From French javanais.

Noun

Examples

javanais (uncountable)

  1. A type of slang used in the French language, where an extra syllable -av- or -va is placed inside a word as an infix.

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒa.va.nɛ/
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Etymology 1

From Java +‎ -ais, with the addition of the interfix (n) to prevent the sequence -aa-. Java +‎ -n- +‎ ais.

Noun

javanais m (plural javanais)

  1. (uncountable) Javanese (language)
  2. (countable) a coffee and chocolate flavored French pastry

Adjective

javanais (feminine javanaise, masculine plural javanais, feminine plural javanaises)

  1. (relational) of Java (the island); Javanese

Etymology 2

Probably from conjugated forms of avoir such as j’avais (“I had”).

Noun

javanais m (uncountable)

  1. javanais (French slang)
    Coordinate terms: louchébem, verlan
    • 1860, Edmond & Jules de Goncourt, Charles Demailly, published 1876, page 183:
      […] la Crécy parlait le javanais, cet argot de Bréda où la syllabe va, jetée après chaque syllabe, hache pour les profanes le son et le sens des mots, idiome hiéroglyphique du monde-fille, qui lui permet de se parler à l’oreille—tout haut.
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