keum

French

FWOTD – 11 May 2024

Etymology

Clipping of keumé, verlan form of mec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kœm/

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Noun

keum m (plural keums)

1. (Verlan) bloke, guy
   • 1995, Jean-Claude Izzo, Total Khéops:

     En sortant du bar, je l’vois, ce keum. Une meuf, que j’croyais qu’c’était. De loin, quoi. Avec ses cheveux longs.

     Coming out of the bar, I see him, this bloke. A bird, I thought he was. From a distance, you know. With his long hair.

Further reading

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