halouf
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic حَلُّوف (ḥallūf, “pig”), from Berber.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.luf/, /ha.luf/, /ʁa.luf/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]halouf m (plural halouf)
- pork (bears a religious connotation, since pork bears a negative connotation in Islamic cultures)
- (slang) pig, bacon (police)
References
[edit]- Queffélec, Ambroise (2002) Le français en Algérie: lexique et dynamique des langues (in French), Agence universitaire de la francophonie, page 345
- Gordienne, Robert (2002) Dictionnaire des mots qu’on dit gros, de l’insulte et du dénigrement (in French), Hors commerce, page 244
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- French terms borrowed from Arabic
- French terms derived from Arabic
- French terms derived from Berber languages
- French terms with aspirated h
- French 2-syllable words
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- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French slang
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