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
- 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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