palsambleu

French

Alternative forms

• parsambleu

Etymology

Bowdlerized form of par le sang de Dieu (“by the blood of God”), replacing Dieu (“God”) by bleu (“blue”). Compare parbleu, sacrebleu, and other related substitutions.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal.sɑ̃.blø/

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Interjection

palsambleu

1. (archaic) 'sblood

Related terms

• corbleu
• jarnibleu
• morbleu
• parbleu
• sacrebleu
• ventrebleu
• vertubleu

Further reading

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