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Cochon is a French word that may refer to: Domestic pig; Piglet (animal) Cochon, a restaurant in New Orleans; see Cajun cuisine ; Slang meaning dirty pig, swine, contemptible person; see Cultural references to pigs
Louchébem or loucherbem (French pronunciation:) is Parisian and Lyonnaise butchers' (French boucher) slang, similar to Pig Latin and Verlan. It originated in the mid-19th century and was in common use until the 1950s.
It excludes combinations of words of French origin with words whose origin is a language other than French — e.g., ice cream, sunray, jellyfish, killjoy, lifeguard, and passageway— and English-made combinations of words of French origin — e.g., grapefruit (grape + fruit), layperson (lay + person), mailorder, magpie, marketplace, surrender ...
Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).
A French word for police (singular "un flic", but more commonly used in the plural "les flics"), best translated as "cop". Much like "cop", this informal term is not derogatory. [ 28 ] However, the extended version – "les flicailles" – adding the suffix -aille, is pejorative and corresponds to "pigs".
French: miam, crounche miam miam glouglouglou gloups German: mampf mampf mampf, hamm hamm, mjam schlürf, gluck schluck ... уи-и-и (wi-i-i) (of pig) Serbian:
The French word rillettes is first evidenced in 1845. It derives from the Old French rille, meaning a slice of pork, which is first attested in 1480.This is a dialect variation of the Old French reille, meaning a lath or strip of wood, from the Latin regula.
The word "porcupine" comes from the middle or old French word porcespin, which means 'thorn pig'. Its roots derive from the Latin words porcus or pig and spina meaning thorns. [8] Other colloquial names for the animal include quill pig. It is also referred to as the Canadian porcupine or common porcupine. [9]