καλιαρντά

Greek

Etymology

Of unknown etymology. Possibly from French gaillard (“strong, sprightly, lively”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaʎarˈda/
  • Hyphenation: κα‧λι‧αρ‧ντά

Noun

καλιαρντά • (kaliarntá) n pl

  1. A cant used by the homosexual community in Greece, like Polari in Britain, in use since the 1940s. It uses a large amount of borrowings from French, Italian and Turkish. Once a secret language to evade the hostile community, it is now widely known thanks to television and thus not used much nowadays.

Declension
  καλιαρντά
plural
nominative καλιαρντά •
genitive —
accusative καλιαρντά •
vocative καλιαρντά •

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