merguez

English

Etymology

From Arabic مِرْقَاز‎ (mirqāz, “sausage”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

merguez (uncountable)

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِرْقَاز‎ (mirqāz, “sausage”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛʁ.ɡɛz/

Noun

merguez f (plural merguez)

  1. Merguez
  2. (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]
  3. (slang, by extension) A seemingly normal transaction that later turns out to be a scam.

References

  1. ↑ Le Courrier de Mantes, editor (accessed 23 January 2008), “Petit lexique du jargon des flics”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎

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