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French Slang Dictionary

56 expressions

Browse the complete Slangy dictionary of French slang expressions listed alphabetically. Each entry links to a full page with example sentences, cultural notes, and explanations of register and appropriateness. Includes verlan, argot, modern colloquialisms, and French expressions from dating and everyday life.

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Auche Intense Avoir le cafard To feel down Avoir le coup de foudre To fall in love at first sight Avoir le cul bordé de nouilles To be very lucky Avoir un cœur d'artichaut To fall in love easily Avoir un petit bail avec quelqu'un To have a little "thing" going on with someone
C
Casser les pieds à quelqu'un To annoy someone greatly Chanmé Wicked Chelou Shady Cheum Ugly Choper le 06 de quelqu'un To get someone's phone number
E
En avoir ras-le-bol To be fed up En faire tout un fromage To exaggerate the importance of something
F
Faire un 5 contre 1 To mastrurbate Fait ièch It's annoying
L
La beuh Weed La reum Mother La teub The penis La teuf A party La tof A photo La zicmu Music Laisse béton Forget it Laisser tomber comme une vieille chaussette To abandon someone Le courant ne passe pas There's no chemistry or connection between people Les carottes sont cuites It's all over
M
Mifa Family Méfu To smoke
N
Nawak Nonsense
O
Ouf Crazy
P
Passer du coq à l’âne To jump from one thing to another Plan Q A casual sex arrangement Poser un lapin To stand someone up Prendre quelqu'un la main dans le sac To catch someone red-handed Pécho To hook up with Péter plus haut que son cul To be arrogant, full of oneself, or pretentious.
R
Relou Annoying Renoi A Black person Reuf A brother
S
Se faire ghoster To suddenly be ignored or cut off by someone with no explanation Se la péter To show off Se mettre une caisse To get very drunk Se prendre un râteau To get rejected
T
Teubé Stupid Tirer les vers du nez de quelqu'un To extract information out of someone Tu me prends la tête You're driving me crazy Turfu The future
U
Un keum A guy Un rebeu A person of North African or Arab descent born in France Une caillera A delinquent Une meuf A woman
V
Verlan The French back-slang system itself Vénère Furious
Z
Zarbi Weird / Strange
À
À donf Fully
Ç
Ça m’a fichu les jetons It freaked me out
Ê
Être en kiff total sur quelqu'un To be totally into someone

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