salamalec

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salamalec

\sa.la.ma.lɛk\
[sa.la.ma.lɛk] Paris (France)

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De l’arabe اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْك, as-salām ʿalayk (« (que) la paix soit sur toi »), en raison de la longue conversation phatique qui accompagne habituellement ces salutations traditionnelles.

noun salamalecs

familiar Marques de politesse, affectation de déférence. Un salamalec, ou plus si affinités…

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"salamalec." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/salamalec. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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salamalec. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/salamalec

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"salamalec." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/salamalec.

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@misc{salamalec_2026,
  title = {salamalec},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/salamalec},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}