morbleu
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔʁ.blø/
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Interjection
morbleu
- (archaic, minced oath) gadzooks, zounds
- 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:
- Mourez donc les premiers, nous vous cédons le pas / Mais de grâce, morbleu ! Laissez vivre les autres !
- Die first then, go ahead / But zounds! For pity's sake, let the others live!
Further reading
- “morbleu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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