charabia

French

Etymology

From a perceived Auvergnat pronunciation of /s/ as /ʃ/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃa.ʁa.bja/
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Noun

charabia m (plural charabias)

(obsolete) Auvergnat dialect
(colloquial) double Dutch
gibberish
Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce charabia?
What is this gibberish?

See also

Further reading

“charabia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

rabâchai

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