"zut" meaning in French

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Interjection

IPA: /zyt/
Etymology: From 1813. Origin disputed:. # Combination of zest and flûte ; # Formed from a linking z and ut/hut, attested 1791: #:* Allons, allons, hut! pas de ça:Le Véritable P. Duchesne f., Grand compliment #:* qu'il aille à Charenton, et hut. Martainville, Une Demi-heure de cabaret, 1804 #:* Sais-tu la musique ? eh bien ut. Ut, zut may be a corruption of the Latin ut, a word used in typographers' jargon: Ut […] C'est le premier mot du souhait que se faisoient en buvant les anciens imprimeurs […] : Ut tibi prosit meri potio (« Que grand bien vous fasse ce bon vin pur »). Par abréviation l'on se contenta ensuite du mot ut. Gattel, 1797 # From an older word, zot, which is found in diablezot # It may be purely onomatopoeic, as pft, pfuit; see zou Etymology templates: {{l|fr|zest}} zest, {{l|fr|flûte}} flûte, {{l|fr|ut}} ut, {{l|fr|hut}} hut, {{link|fr|diablezot}} diablezot, {{link|fr|pft}} pft, {{link|fr|pfuit}} pfuit, {{link|fr|zou}} zou
  1. damn, shoot, dang, cripes, rats, "dash it!", "hang it all!" Synonyms: z’ut, zuth [obsolete] Related terms: zut alors

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