sacrebleu

See also: sacre bleu and sacré bleu

English

Interjection

sacrebleu

Alternative spelling of sacré bleu

French

Etymology

Expurgated form of sacre Dieu (“sacred God”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sa.kʁə.blø/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Interjection

sacrebleu

(dated, euphemistic, minced oath) good heavens, oh my gosh

See also

Further reading

“sacrebleu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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