babtou

French

Etymology

Verlan form of toubab.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bab.tu/
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Noun

babtou m (plural babtous)

  1. (Verlan) Alternative form of toubab (“white person”)
    • 2017 December, Boris Lanneau, “Benjy, «le Ricain» der Pigalle”, in Revue XXI, number 37, →ISSN, page 11:
      Il se rappelle les remarques des copains: «Ton père te ressemble pas, ton daron c’est un babtou.»
      He remembers what his friends told him : "Your father really doesn't look like you, your dad is a babtou."
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