# Beur > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beur > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beur.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beur > Source revision: 1349041231 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|French colloquial term describing people whose parents immigrated from the Maghreb}} {{Other uses}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2011}} {{Italic title}} '''''Beur''''' ({{IPA|fr|bœʁ|pron}}), or alternatively '''''rebeu''''', is a colloquial term, sometimes considered pejorative, in [French](/source/French_language) to designate European-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from the [Maghreb](/source/Maghreb).[http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french-english/beur/8912 Beur] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721205639/http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french-english/beur/8912 |date=July 21, 2011 }}. Larousse Dictionary. Accessed 2011-04-25 The equivalent term for a female ''beur'' is a '''''beurette'''''. However, the term ''beurette'' is condemned and criticized by several anti-racist organizations because of the [xenophobic](/source/xenophobic) and degrading connotation that this word has taken on over the decades (in particular because of the [fetishization](/source/Sexual_fetishism) of [North African](/source/North_African) women in [France](/source/France) as well as an insult stemming from [colonialism](/source/colonialism).{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-11-21 |title=Oui, "beurette" est une insulte |url=https://www.meltingbook.com/oui-beurette-insulte/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=MeltingBook |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |date=2021-05-05 |title=Salima Tenfiche : " Le terme "beurette" montre que le corps des femmes arabes est le dernier territoire de conquête coloniale " |url=https://www.causette.fr/societe/en-france/salima-tenfiche-le-terme-beurette-montre-que-le-corps-des-femmes-arabes-est-le-dernier-territoire-de-conquete-coloniale/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |title=" Le mot "Beurette", c'était le symbole de l'intégration républicaine avant d'être une insulte " - Radio Nova |url=https://www.nova.fr/news/le-mot-beurette-cetait-le-symbole-de-lintegration-republicaine-avant-detre-une-insulte-141965-17-05-2021/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website= |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |title=Et si on arrêtait d'employer le mot " beurette " ? - URBANIA FR |url=https://urbania.fr/article/et-si-on-arretait-demployer-le-mot-beurette |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=urbania.fr |language=fr}} The term ''rebeu'' is neither applicable to females nor does it have a female version. == Use == The word ''beur'' was coined using [verlan](/source/verlan) for the word ''arabe'', which means Arabic or Arab in French. Since the late 1990s, many young people have used the twice-verlanised term ''rebeu'' as a synonym. This term is now the dominant term used by the younger generations (under 30). The word ''beurette'', the female version of ''beur'', is created by adding the -ette female suffix in French. In French many slang words are created by simply reversing the syllables in a word and then reading the result (e.g. "femme" becomes "meuf" in verlan. The word ''[beurgeois](/source/beurgeois)'' is derived from a combination of the words ''beur'' and ''[bourgeois](/source/Bourgeoisie)''. The term is mostly used in French-speaking European countries ― France, Belgium, Monaco, Luxembourg and Switzerland ― as well as in the [Maghreb](/source/Maghreb). Due to cultural integration between such peoples across Europe, the term is now popular in other parts of Europe with a large Maghrebi community, such as the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} Since 1992, the [BEUR.FM](/source/Beur_FM) radio station has broadcast nationwide (106.7 [FM](/source/FM_broadcast_band) in [Paris](/source/Paris)).[http://www.beurfm.net/ BEUR.FM]. Accessed 2012-01-11 ==See also== *[Maghrebis](/source/Maghrebis) *[Maghrebi communities of Paris](/source/Maghrebi_communities_of_Paris) *[Berbers in France](/source/Berbers_in_France) *[Arabs in France](/source/Arabs_in_France) *[Arabs in Europe](/source/Arabs_in_Europe) *[Maghrebi Jews](/source/Maghrebi_Jews) *[Pied-Noir](/source/Pied-Noir) *[Demographics of France](/source/Demographics_of_France) *[Arab diaspora](/source/Arab_diaspora) *''[Neuilly sa mère !](/source/Neuilly_sa_m%C3%A8re_!)'' == References == {{Reflist}} == Further reading == * Nora Barsali, François Freland and Anne-Marie Vincent (Hg.): ''Générations Beurs. Français à part entière''. Éditions Autrement 2003 * Philippe Bernard: ''La crème des beurs. De l'immigration à l'intégration''. Seuil 2004 * Hafid Gafaïti (Hg.): ''Cultures transnationales de France. Des «Beurs» aux… ?'' L'Harmattan 2001 On Beur Literature: * Alec G. Hargreaves: ''La littérature beur: Un guide bio-bibliographique''. CELFAN Edition Monographs, New Orleans 1992 * Alec G. Hargreaves: ''Voices from the North African Immigrant Community in France. Immigration and Identity in Beur Fiction''. Berg, New York/ Oxford 1991/1997 * Michel Laronde: ''Autour du roman beur. Immigration et identité''. L'Harmattan 1993 * Laura Reeck: ''Writerly Identities in Beur Fiction and Beyond''. Lexington Books 2011 ==External links== {{Wiktionary|Beur}} * [https://blogs.eui.eu/grase/beurettes-genealogy-of-a-contemporary-insult-gender-and-race-matters-in-france/ ‘Beurettes’, genealogy of a contemporary insult. Gender and race matters in France.] by the Gender, Race & Sexuality (GRaSe) Working Group, an interdisciplinary working group at the [European University Institute](/source/European_University_Institute) (EUI) {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20201128174732/https://blogs.eui.eu/grase/beurettes-genealogy-of-a-contemporary-insult-gender-and-race-matters-in-france/|date=28 Nov 2020}} * [https://archive.today/20121204155732/http://beurgeoisie.fr/ La Beurgeoisie] The French website for successful "Beurs". {{Immigration to France}} {{Authority control}} Category:Society of France Category:French words and phrases Category:French people of Arab descent Category:Arabs in France Category:North African diaspora in France --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Beur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beur) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beur?action=history)). 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