Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A dialect of Canadian French characterized by nonstandard pronunciations and grammar, and the presence of English loanwords and syntactic patterns.

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  • noun Canada The dialect of working-class Quebecers.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Canadian French dialectal, variant of French cheval; see chevalet.]

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Examples

  • Ti Jean spoke a local dialect of French called joual before he learned English.

    King of the Beat Stephanie 2007

  • Ti Jean spoke a local dialect of French called joual before he learned English.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Stephanie 2007

  • Tremblay, of course, is the most Québécois of Québécois playwrights, the man who first introduced the Quebec slang joual to the stage - despite the disdain of some critics - with the first production of his

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Matthew Hays 2010

  • Tremblay, of course, is the most Québécois of Québécois playwrights, the man who first introduced the Quebec slang joual to the stage - despite the disdain of some critics - with the first production of his

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Matthew Hays 2010

  • Tremblay, of course, is the most Québécois of Québécois playwrights, the man who first introduced the Quebec slang joual to the stage - despite the disdain of some critics - with the first production of his

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Matthew Hays 2010

  • I read about joual after you mentioned it: very interesting!

    Gelett Burgess and the blurb 2009

  • When the French come to snub us, to confuse them, we switch to “joual” or “franglais”.

    Gelett Burgess and the blurb 2009

  • I can speak all kinds of French: regular, patois, joual, franglais … even Parisian French.

    Gelett Burgess and the blurb 2009

  • That the joual accent still peaks through no matter what style she uses I think points out the base hypocrisy that is much of American society.

    It's Official: Hillary's Campaign Song Is Celine Dion's "You And I" 2009

  • Like we say in good joual here in Quebec "Ils font ben dur!"

    Hey, Stephen Taylor really IS proud. CC 2009

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