Argot Dictionary

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Accro -- hooked/addicted (un accro -- an addict)

Accrocher  --- To catch/snag

Acite -- oil

Ado -- teenager

Affurer -- to rob

Anicroche - hitch/snag/complication

Antan -- the past year

Apart -- apartment

Arnaguer  --  to swindle/diddle/snag/arrest

Arroser --  to water/spray/ drink someone's health

Atiguer -- executioner

Bagarrer -- to fight/clash/argue

Baiser -- to kiss

Balles - money

Bandant -- sexy/intersting

Bander -- to have an erection

Barant -- brook

Baraque -- hut/shed/stall

Baratin -- sweet talk

Bards -- irons (shackles)

Bavarder -- to chat

Becquilard -- executioner

Beauf -- brother in law/small minded person

beguin -- crush/ fancy

berk -- yuck

bicher -- to be pleased with one's self

Bichot -- bishop

Blavin -- handkerchief

bled -- village/dump

bobonne - missus/dearie

Boffette -- blow

Bonnis -- tell

bordel -- brothel/mess/chaos

Boulangere -- the Devil

Bouliner -- to tear

Boulins in the Lourdes -- false papers

bouguin -- book

boulot -- work

bourrique -- idiot

boustifaille -- food

Boyanches tu? -- Do you drink?

Braser -- to make

Broque -- penny

Cadene -- chain

Caler -- to forge

Caleur -- waiter

Camoufle -- to receive a blow

Camoufles -- lights

Camouflet -- a blow

carburer -- to go/to be

Carvel -- boat

casser  --  to break

Castus -- dungeon

Chandelle -- to receive a blow

charabia -- gibberish

Charlot -- executioner

Chique -- church

choper -- to pinck/nick/steal

chouette -- cute/nice

Cintrer -- have

clebard  --  dog

Cognes -- police

Colabre/ colas -- neck

the College -- prison

Columbe -- known

crapoter  -- to smoke without inhaling

Criblements -- cries

dalle  -- paving stone

debile --  infirm/old/feeble

Decarrons -- Let us go

deglinguir  --  to burst/break

degoisier  --  to spout/rattle on

degommer -- to be told off

deguerpir  --   to clear off/scarper

degueulasse  --  lousy, rotten, filthy, disgusting

deguster  -- to taste

detaler -- to bolt/take off

dingue  --  crazy

Devisser le coco -- wring the neck

Draw his crampe -- escape

Egarer comtois lui -- made him their gossip

Egrugeoir -- church

Emballer -- arrest

Empaffes -- bedclothes

escamoter -- to evade

esgourde  -- ear

Etre gerbe -- to be judged

Faffes -- false keys

Fagot -- convict

Fandango -- saw (as in the tool)

farfalou --  eccentric

Faucher -- to cut up

Fee -- daughter

Fertauche/ fertille -- straw

ficille  --  string

Figues -- clothes

flemme --- laziness

Frangir -- to break

frotter  -- to rub/fight

fuguer  --  run away

gagne-pain --  job

Gahisto -- the Devil

Gail/Gaye -- horse

galere --  galley of a ship

Galifard -- apprentice

Gamin -- street child

gaspi -- waste

Gat -- cat

genial  --  inspired

givre  -- covered in frost

Goffeur -- locksmith

gonfler -- to inflate/swell

gosse --  kid

Goupiner -- to work

gourer  --  to make a mistake

Grivier -- soldier

Guedouze -- death

Hers -- master

Icigo/icicalle -- here

Il Croyanche -- he believes

Il Lanisque -- it rains

Jouer le harnache -- duped

kif-kif --  all the same

lacher  -- loosen/release

Lanisquinee -- wet

Larbin -- lackey

Larton/ Lartif -- bread

Ligoter -- fasten

Limace -- shirt

Lingre -- knife

Loffe -- stupid

Longes -- years

louper  --  mess up/miss/flunk

Malade -- arrested

malfrat -- thug/criminal/truant

malin  --  shrewd/cunning

Malteses -- crowns [coins]

Manger -- to kill/ assassinate/ plunder

Manger le morceau -- to inform against

Maquiller -- to do/ make

Marron sur l'escalier -- caught in the act

Mastiquer les machoire -- to fight

maudit  --  darned/blasted/hateful

Meck/ Meg -- God

Memere -  grandma/fat old woman

Menesse -- derogative term for a woman

Mezig -- me

Mion -- child

mijoter  --  to cook up/ plan

mirettes  --  eyes

moche  --  ugly/mean

Momignard/ Momacque/ Mome -- child

Montant -- wall

Monte -- top

Mort -- condemned

mouise  --  poverty/ hard times

moule  --  idiot

nombriliste  --  self centred

Oche -- ear

Orgue -- man

Paillard  --  bawdy/ coarse/ lewd

panne -- grease

Pantinois -- Parisian

Pantouflard  -- quiet/ uneventful

Pantre -- the world in general

Pegre -- robbery

Pegrenne -- hunger

Peinard  --  cushy/ easy

Pharos -- general/ minister

Pieu -- crossbar

piger  --  to understand

Pigritia -- the Underclass

Pilche -- box

pinailleur  --  fussy

pinard  --  cheap wine

Planquer -- to hide

plouc  --  country bumpkin

Pogne -- hand

pote  --  friend

Prendre du chiquer -- to fight

Proprio --  landlord/lady

rabais  --  cheap

Rabichon -- the priest

rabioter  --  to beg/ scrounge/ mooch/ wrangle

Rabouin -- the Devil

Raille -- spy

Railles -- policeman

Ratiere -- bread thief

Reguise -- vagabond

reluguer  --  to eye/oogle

Riffe -- fire

rouspeter  --  to moan/groan

Roussi -- sheep (as in a spy in jail)

Roussin -- spy

Roussins/ Rousses -- policeman

rudement  -- roughly/ harshly/hard

sabot - clog/ hoof

Sabri -- forest

sape -- clothes

sec -- dry/ broke

Secteur -- to feign

Sorgabon -- a good night

Sorgue -- night

Spade -- sword

Surin -- dagger

Taf -- fear/ flight

Taffeur -- coward

Tapissier -- innkeeper

taquiner  --  to tease/ bother

tas  --  pile/heap

taule  --  jail

Tombe -- retaken

Tortiller -- to eat

Tortouse -- rope

tronche  --  face

trouille  -- extreme fear

Truc -- trade

Trusques -- clothes

vacherie  --  meanness/ rottenness/ junk

vadrouiller  --  to roam around

Vantane -- window

vaseux  --  woozy/ muddled/ lame/ stupid
 
veinard - lucky

Veuve -- rope

Vingt deux -- dagger

Vousailles -- you

Vouzierque trouvaille bonorgue ce gigotmuche? -- Does this amount [of money] to [let me] escape satisfy you?

wagon  --  stack/ lots of

zone -- slums