yéyé
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English yeah-yeah. Compare to go-go, of contemporary coinage, and Brazilian Portuguese iê-iê-iê.
Pronunciation
Noun
yéyé m (uncountable)
- (music) yé-yé (music genre of the early 1960s)
- 2013, Gilles Schlesser, Le cabaret «Rive Gauche», l'Archipel, →ISBN:
- Fondateur du rock français, Johnny Hallyday, comme Richard Anthony, va rapidement abandonner le rock pur et dur et prendre la tête d’un mouvement plus sucré, plus acceptable par le grand public et les médias : le yéyé. Mouvement sociologique et style musical, le yéyé bouleverse le paysage de la chanson dans la première moitié des années 60.
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Noun
yéyé m or f by sense (plural yéyés or yéyé)
- yé-yé singer or fan
- 1963, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics and music), “Chez les yé-yé”, in Gainsbourg Confidentiel:
- Non, rien n’aura raison de moi / J’irai t’chercher, ma Lolita / Chez les yé-yé
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- 1987, Marie-Paule Belle, Je ne suis pas parisienne, ça me gêne…, →ISBN:
- Enfin une petite jeune fille convenable, pas une yéyé.
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: yé-yé
Further reading
- “yéyé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
yéyé on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
