parbleu
French
Etymology
Minced oath for par Dieu (“by God”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paʁ.blø/
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Interjection
parbleu
- (archaic) by Jove; gadzooks
Related terms
- palsambleu
- parsambleu
- sacrebleu
Further reading
- “parbleu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.