Browse African Slang

Coffee cup

Wake up

Awesome/hot

Party; from French 'fête'

Fitness

Physics

Dawn

Flash

To have crush on

Show off

Prepaid line

Flirting

Float

فلوس = مال/نقود (عامي). (EN: Cash/money.)

Plural of money (same as in other Arab dialects), used often for cash. Usage: We need to save some flouss if we want to ...

Rap style/rhythm

Focus

Mouth

Civil servant

Football/soccer

Data plan

Training

Vocational training

Form

Up/above

Van

Traditional cloth

Poor person

Fresh/cool looking

Honestly/frankly

Slang for someone acting too French or fancy (as Algeria is ex-French colony). Usage: Drinking coffee from a tiny cup li...

Bed

Improvised rap

System freeze

Brake

New/clean looking

Friend zone

Clothes

French fries

Slang for “freestyle” or doing something spontaneously (from French “freestyle”).

Breakfast; also iftar during Ramadan

“As you like” or “up to you” (literally “in your situation”). Usage: Tu veux rester? F’halek, moi je sors maintenant. (Y...