charabia

French

Etymology

From a perceived Auvergnat pronunciation of /s/ as /ʃ/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃaʁabja/

Noun

charabia m (plural charabias)

(obsolete) Auvergnat dialect
(colloquial) double Dutch
gibberish
Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce charabia?

See also

Further reading

“charabia” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

rabâchai

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