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Meaning of joual | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The dialect of working-class Quebecers.

Canada, uncountable

Equivalents

Français joual joual

Examples

“As inflammatory as what the joual ‘is’—a mixed, oral sociolect—is its function as a kind of self-image for Québécois. In Jean-Claude Germain's terms, joual ‘bears in its flesh the scars of life and history.’”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Jouan Jouars-Pontchartrain Joubert Joubert syndrome joug jough

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