être plus royaliste que le roi
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to be more royalist than the king”. From François-René de Chateaubriand, De la Monarchie selon la Charte, Paris, 1816, LXXXI.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɛ.tʁə ply ʁwa.ja.lis.t(ə) kə lə ʁwa/ ~ /e.tʁə ply ʁwa.ja.lis.t(ə) kə lə ʁwa/
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Verb
[edit]être plus royaliste que le roi
- to be more Catholic than the Pope; to make more effort to defend someone's interests than they make themselves
Conjugation
[edit]- see être