javanais

From French javanais.

javanais (uncountable)

1. A type of slang used in the French language, where an extra syllable -av- or -va is placed inside a word as an infix.

• javanais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.va.nɛ/

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From Java +‎ -ais, with the addition of the interfix (n) to prevent the sequence -aa-. Java +‎ -n- +‎ ais.

javanais m (plural javanais)

1. (uncountable) Javanese (language)
2. (countable) a coffee and chocolate flavored French pastry

javanais (feminine javanaise, masculine plural javanais, feminine plural javanaises)

1. (relational) of Java (the island); Javanese

Probably from conjugated forms of avoir such as j'avais (“I had”).

javanais m (uncountable)

1. javanais (French slang)

   Coordinate terms: louchébem, verlan

   • 1860, Edmond & Jules de Goncourt, Charles Demailly, published 1876, page 183:

     […] la Crécy parlait le javanais, cet argot de Bréda où la syllabe va, jetée après chaque syllabe, hache pour les profanes le son et le sens des mots, idiome hiéroglyphique du monde-fille, qui lui permet de se parler à l'oreille—tout haut.

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• “javanais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• javanais on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• javanais (argot) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr