merde

See also: merdé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French merde (shit). Doublet of mierda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛː(ɹ)d/
  • Rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)d

Noun

merde (uncountable)

  1. (mild, mainly humorous) Shit.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian merda (shit, crap).

Interjection

merde

  1. (Uri, vulgar) shit!, crap!

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French merde.

Interjection

merde

  1. (chiefly Belgium, vulgar) shit!, crap!

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛʁd/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): [maʁd]
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Interjection

merde

  1. (vulgar) shit!, crap!
    Merde ! J’ai oublié mes clés !
    Shit! I forgot my keys!
  2. (theater) break a leg!

Noun

merde f (plural merdes)

  1. (vulgar) turd, piece of feces, shit
    J’ai marché dans une merde de chien.
    I stepped in dog shit.
  2. shit (something undesirable or unwanted)
    J’en ai marre de ce petit morveux de merde !
    I've had it with this little fucking brat!
  3. shit (something of poor quality)
    Aïe, cette télé de merde !
    Ugh, this piece-of-shit TV!
  4. (derogatory) a dickhead, a fuckhead, a bastard

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: merde

See also

Further reading

Italian

Noun

merde f

  1. plural of merda

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French merde.

Noun

merde f (plural merdes)

  1. (vulgar) shit (feces)
  2. (figuratively) shit (something undesirable)

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

merde f (definite singular merda, indefinite plural merder, definite plural merdene)

  1. alternative form of merd m

Zazaki

Noun

merde

  1. death
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