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) (file)

Interjection

sacrebleu

(somewhat dated) good heavens, oh my gosh

See also

corbleu
jarnibleu
morbleu
palsambleu
parbleu
ventrebleu
vertubleu

Further reading

“sacrebleu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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