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chleuh.

Tashelhit; one of the Berber languages

6 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃlø/

  1. Tashelhit; one of the Berber languages

    masculine · uncountable

  2. a German; a kraut

    countable · derogatory · ethnic · masculine · slur
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شلوح (šlūḥ), plural of شلح (šilḥ). Moroccan /u/ may have an [ø]-like quality in certain positions. Among the French military in northern Africa (Bataillon d’Afrique), it came to mean “one who cannot speak French or even Arabic”. It was later applied to German-speakers in eastern France and then, during the Second World War, to Germans at large.

adj/ʃlø/

  1. Shilha, Tashelhit

  2. German

    derogatory
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شلوح (šlūḥ), plural of شلح (šilḥ). Moroccan /u/ may have an [ø]-like quality in certain positions. Among the French military in northern Africa (Bataillon d’Afrique), it came to mean “one who cannot speak French or even Arabic”. It was later applied to German-speakers in eastern France and then, during the Second World War, to Germans at large.

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