palsambleu

French

Alternative forms

• parsambleu

Etymology

Bowdlerized form of par le sang de Dieu (“by God's blood”, literally “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.