The French word of the day is meuf, a popular slang term for “woman” or “girlfriend.” It comes from femme through French backward slang called verlan.
Meaning
Pronunciation with IPA
Example sentences
Related words and lessons
Meaning
The French word meuf is a slang term meaning “woman” or “girl.” It comes from femme (woman) through a type of French slang called verlan, where syllables are inverted. While casual and informal, it’s very common in spoken French, especially among younger speakers.
Pronunciation
Example sentences
For this first sentence, the interjection oh là là has several translations including wow, yikes and wow! The structure c’est qui ce/cette + noun is informal languge for “who’s this”.
Oh là là ! C’est qui cette meuf ? Elle est vraiment belle!
Wow! Who’s that chick? She’s really beautiful!
Le mot « meuf » est le verlan pour « femme ».
The word “meuf” is Verlan for woman.
For this final sentence, venir (to come) uses the verb être (to be) as an auxiliary verb in the passé composé.
Jason est venu avec sa nouvelle meuf à la salle de sport.
Jason came to the gym with his new chick.
Related words and lessons
- ouf – crazy
- draguer – to hit on, to pick up
- kiffer – to like
- nana girl, chick (informal)
- gonzesse girl, woman (slang)
- meuf canon hot girl (canon = stunning)
- ta meuf your girlfriend
- keum guy, boyfriend (verlan for mec)
- reum mom (verlan for mère)
- teuf party (verlan for fête)
