merguez

English

Etymology

From Maghreban Arabic مِرْقَاز, probably through French merguez.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /mɛə.ˈɡɛz/
(US) IPA^(key): /mɛɹ.ˈɡɛz/

Noun

merguez (uncountable)

A red, spicy sausage from North Africa, made with lamb or beef.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Maghreban Arabic مِرْقَاز.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.ɡɛz/
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Noun

merguez f (plural merguez)

Merguez
(slang) A car that has been modified—as by filing away its engine number, or including components from different cars—to make it harder to identify or to conceal damage from an accident.[1]
(slang, by extension) A seemingly normal transaction that later turns out to be a scam.

References

Le Courrier de Mantes, editor (accessed 23 January 2008), “Petit lexique du jargon des flics”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, archived from the original on 5 January 2008

Further reading

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

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