FromFrenchjavanais.
javanais (uncountable)
- A type ofslang used in the French language, where an extra syllable-av- or-va is placed inside a word as aninfix.
FromJava +-ais, with the addition of the interfix (n) to prevent the sequence-aa-.Java +-n- +ais.
javanais m (pluraljavanais)
- (uncountable)Javanese(language)
- (countable) a coffee and chocolate flavored French pastry
javanais (femininejavanaise,masculine pluraljavanais,feminine pluraljavanaises)
- (relational) ofJava(the island);Javanese
Probably from conjugated forms ofavoir such asj’avais(“I had”).
javanais m (uncountable)
- javanais(French slang)
- Coordinate terms:louchébem,verlan
1860,Edmond & Jules de Goncourt,Charles Demailly, published1876,page183:[…] la Crécy parlait lejavanais, cet argot de Bréda où la syllabeva, jetée après chaque syllabe, hache pour les profanes le son et le sens des mots, idiome hiéroglyphique du monde-fille, qui lui permet de se parler à l’oreille—tout haut.- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
javanais on the French Wikipedia.Wikipediafr