sacrebleu

See also: sacre bleu and sacré bleu

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.kʁə.blø/

• Audio (Paris):

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Interjection

sacrebleu

1. (somewhat dated) good heavens, oh my gosh

See also

• corbleu
• jarnibleu
• morbleu
• palsambleu
• parbleu
• ventrebleu
• vertubleu

Further reading

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