parole

Inherited from Middle French parole, from Old French parole, inherited from Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; later, speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabole and palabre.


minute

Inherited from Old French minute, borrowed from Latin minūta. Compare menu, an inherited doublet.


yes

(chiefly North America, colloquial) yes!


mea culpa

From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), from mea (“my, mine”) and culpa (“fault”) in the ablative.


tin

(Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens


dia

yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left


courage

Inherited from Middle French corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor.


hem

interjection expressing doubt and/or hesitation


wallah

Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, “I swear by God”).


ouch

interjection expressing a sharp pain: ouch!


ah

Inherited from Old French a! (“oh! ah! woe!”), of expressive origin.

onomatopoeic

expressive


ha

ha (exclamation of surprise or laughter)


dame

Inherited from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.


ho

Ho ! Tout doux !

Used by tamers to calm the animal they are taming, especially horses; whoa

Ho mon Dieu !


patata

et patati et patata
et patati et patata#French

Only used in et patati et patata (“blah blah blah”)


service

Inherited from Old French servise, borrowed from Latin servitium (compare Portuguese serviço, Italian servizio, Norman sèrvice, Spanish servicio), from servus.


bonjour

Antillean Creole: bonjou

Haitian Creole: bonjou

Louisiana Creole: bonjou

Mauritian Creole: bonzour

→ Alemannic German: buschur

→ English: bonjour

[bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.ʒʊu̯ʁ]

Inherited from Middle French bonjour, from Old French bon jor (literally “good day”). By surface analysis, bon (“good”) + jour (“day”).

surf

Bonjour, mon ami !

Bonjour, monsieur le Président !


si

From Old French si, from Latin sic (“so, thus”). Doublet of sic.

Tu ne m’aimes pas, n’est-ce pas ? — Si !

Moi, je n’ai rien fait ! — Si !

yes (used to contradict a negative statement)


zut

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

damn, shoot, dang, cripes, rats, "dash it!", "hang it all!"


adieu

→ Alemannic German: àdje (Alsatian)

→ Danish: adjø

desctree

→ Dutch: adieu
Negerhollands: adjo, adjoe
→ Virgin Islands Creole: adio

→ English: adieu

→ German: Adieu, tschö

→ Hungarian: agyő

→ Luxembourgish: äddi

→ Norwegian:

→ Norwegian Bokmål: adjø

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: adjø

→ Polish: adieu

→ Romanian: adio (both from French adieu and Italian addio)

→ Russian: адьё (adʹjó), адью (adʹju)

→ Swedish: adjö

→ Yiddish: אַדיע (adye)

Shortened form of Old French a Dieu vos comant, from Medieval Latin ad Deum, equivalent to Old French à dieu vous commant (“I commend (entrust) you to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós; Catalan adeu; Dutch adjuus; English and Occitan adieu; German tschüss; Greek αντίο (antío); Galician and Portuguese adeus; Italian addio; Maltese addiju; Mirandese adius; Serbo-Croatian ади̏о, adȉo; Slovene adȋjo.

cog

Near-synonym: à plus tard

dire adieu à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose

to say goodbye to someone or to something

se dire adieu

adieu à jamais / adieu pour toujours / adieu pour jamais / adieu à tout jamais

Tu peux dire adieu à tout ça.

Adieu, monsieur le professeur. On ne vous oubliera jamais.

[to a teacher] Goodbye, sir. We will never forget you.

Maintenant que j’ai dit adieu à mes rêves de bonheur, je me sens plus heureux.

Now that I have said goodbye to my dreams of happiness, I feel happier.


bon

Inherited from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.


ciao

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye; your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao (“servant, slave”) or s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and Old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”), from Latin Sclavonia (“Slavonia”).


ouais

From oui via dialectal variants; also possibly from oyez.
Before becoming an informal synonym of oui, the word was exclamatory. According to Auguste Scheler, it could be linked to Indo-European roots: οὐαί (ouaí) in Greek, vae in Latin, uau in Portuguese, wow in English, wau in German, guau in Spanish or vai in Romanian.

T’as eu ton bac alors ? — Ouais, tranquille.

You've got your baccalaureate then? Yeah, no problem.

oui

(informal) Synonym of oui; yeah, yep, yup, yes, affirmative expression

Damien est irresponsable. — Ouais ; ça lui jouera des tours.

Damian is irresponsible. — Yeah; it will play tricks on him in the future.

(informal) Synonym of oui (used to express consent)

Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris, 1832

Wow! said the king, scratching his left ear with his right hand, that's quite a bit of my town!

Ouais ! dit le roi en se grattant l’oreille gauche avec la main droite, cela fait un bon bout de ma ville !

Ouais, on a gagné !


arf

Arf, c’est ennuyeux ça !

Arf, je sais pas comment je vais faire


amen

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).


hic

Ce vin, hic ! est bon.


allô

→ Hijazi Arabic: ألو

→ Persian: الو (alo)

→ Romanian: alo

→ Russian: алло́ (alló)

→ Spanish: aló

→ Turkish: alo

→ Vietnamese: a-lô

(telephony) hello (when answering at the beginning of a call)

Allô? Tu m’entends?

(telephony) used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening

(North America) hello (as an in-person greeting)

(informal) hello! (implying someone is not paying attention to the obvious)


chouette

Probably from a confusion between Etymology 1, above, and a derivative of choueter, chou.

Chouette ! On va à la mer cet été !

Super! We're going to the sea this summer!

Des crêpes ? Chouette !

(informal) Exclamation when one learns of something pleasing


super

Borrowed from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sur. See also hyper, borrowed from Ancient Greek.


putain

Inherited from Old French putain, originally the oblique case of pute (“dirty woman”) formed with the suffix -ain, from Vulgar Latin pūtta, from Latin pūta (“girl”). Compare with salope, Italian puttana, Spanish puta.

(vulgar) fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell


bravo

Borrowed from Italian bravo. Doublet of brave.

bravo!, hear, hear!, well said!, well done!


monde

From Old French monde (12th c.), semi-learned form of mont (10th c.), itself inherited from Latin mundus. The alteration was likely driven by the desire to distinguish from unrelated mont (“mountain”).


ciel

Inherited from Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.


pardon

desc

→ Bulgarian: пардон (pardon) (colloquial)

→ Czech: pardon (colloquial)

desctree

→ Dutch: pardon
Negerhollands: pardon, bardon
→ Saramaccan: padón

→ English: pardon

→ Greek: μπαρδόν (bardón)

→ Hungarian: pardon

→ Macedonian: пардон (pardon)

→ Ottoman Turkish: پاردون (pardon)
Turkish: pardon

→ Polish: pardon

→ Romanian: pardon

→ Russian: пардон (pardon) (colloquial)


en route

en route mauvaise troupe


bon voyage

bon voyage, have a good journey, have a good trip


hue

Onomatopoeic. Compare German hü, hüa, Dutch ju.

yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn right


santé

Inherited from Old French santé, from Latin sānitātem.


bah

Not well-attested in texts, but of imitative origin nevertheless, similar to bayer (“to gape”).
Sense 2 is a denasalized version of "ben".

onomatopoeic

imitative

Bah, bah, bah !

Tu veux jouer aussi ?

Do you want to play too?

An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um


hum

Expressive onomatopoeia; possible descent in ancient Latin or Frankish interjections.

onomatopoeia


bye

Allez bye ! À la revoyure.


oui

Haitian Creole: wi

→ English: oui

Maori: Wīwī (“France”)

First attested in 1380, from Old French oïl (1100), from Vulgar Latin *hoc ille or by surface analysis a compound of Old French o (affirmative particle) and il (“he”). Partially cognate to Occitan òc (“yes”) and Catalan oi (“isn't it?”). See the Old French term for details.

si

yes; used to contradict a negative statement or question


au revoir

Louisiana Creole: aréwa

Haitian Creole: orevwa


hmm

Paul viendra mardi. - Hmm.. j’en suis pas si sûr.

Paul will come on Tuesday. - Hmm.. I'm not so sure.


soit

From Latin sĭt, third-person singular present subjunctive of sum.

Philippe le Bel souleva légèrement la tête et dit :
« Mon frère, ce ne sont point des assemblées, mais des Templiers que, ce jour, nous nous occupons.
— Soit, dit Valois, occupons-nous des Templiers.

1965, Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits, tome 1, Le Roi de fer, Le Livre de poche (1970), page 102

Philip the Fair raised lightly his head and said:
“My brother, it is not with assemblies, but with Knights Templar, that we concern ourselves today.”
“So be it”, said Valois, “let us concern ourselves with Knights Templar.”


merde

Inherited from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda.

Merde ! J’ai oublié mes clés !


ta gueule

(slang, offensive, vulgar) shut your mouth!, shut up!, shut it!


alors

→ Galician: alor

→ Ido: lor

Inherited from Middle French alors, from Old French alors, a leurs, allors, alores, alour, alore, alora (also as enlor, enlora, etc.), from Old French a + lors. Compare Italian allora, Spanish alora, Occitan alara and Catalan aleshores.

Alors on reste ici ce soir.

(acknowledgement of previous statement) so, well, well then


bordel

Haitian Creole: bordel

→ Albanian: bordel

→ Armenian: բորդել (bordel)

→ Czech: bordel

→ Bulgarian: борде́й (bordéj)

→ Danish: bordel

→ Georgian: ბორდელი (bordeli)

→ German: Bordell

→ German Low German: Bordell

→ Hungarian: bordély

→ Indonesian: bordil

→ Kazakh: борде́ль (bordél)

→ Kyrgyz: борде́ль (bordél)

→ Latvian: bordelis

→ Lithuanian: bordelis

→ Norwegian: bordell

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: bordell

→ Portuguese: bordel

→ Romanian: bordel

→ Romansch: burdel

→ Russian: борде́ль (bordélʹ)

→ Serbo-Croatian: bordel

→ Slovak: bordel

→ Swedish: bordell

→ Turkmen: bordel

→ Ukrainian: борде́ль (bordélʹ)

→ Uzbek: bordel

Inherited from Middle French bordel, from Old French bordel, from Medieval Latin bordellum (“brothel, small hut”).

der

(vulgar, slang) bloody hell! (UK), Christ almighty!


mais

Louisiana Creole: mé

Inherited from Old French mes, mais, from Latin magis.

Mais qu’est-ce que tu fais ?

an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah


nota bene

From Classical Latin notā bene (“note well”). See the Latin section’s etymology for further information..

nota bene (used to add an aside or warning to a text)


bonne nuit

good night (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)


bonsoir

Haitian Creole: bonswa

Louisiana Creole: bonswa

[bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.swɔːʁ]

[bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.swɒːʁ]

[bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.swɛːʁ]


à tes amours

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-à tes amours.wav

bless you (said after the second sneeze)


bof

Cette fille est mignonne, hein ? — Bof !


çà

From Middle French and Old French ça, from Vulgar Latin *ecce hāc. Compare Portuguese cá, Spanish acá. The grave accent now serves to distinguish it from ça (“that”). However, çà was already widely spelt thus before ça became common in writing, and in fact the accent was formerly also found for the latter. Thus perhaps by analogy with là. Compare also jà (where the accent has no clear purpose).

so, well, then (with exhortative or intensive effect)

(archaic) la! (expressing strong emotion of anger, surprise etc.)


coi

From Middle French coy, from Old French coi, from Latin qu(i)ētus. Doublet of quiet, which was borrowed.
The original feminine coie is attested until the 18th century. The modern form is analogous (e.g. with droit, droite) and/or influenced by the aforementioned doublet. Compare similar spelling inconsistencies in absous, andalou, esquimau, favori.

(archaic) cry of a huntsman to send the dogs on chase


miaou

From earlier miault, myault, of onomatopoeic origin.


un point c'est tout

Je n’y vais pas, un point c’est tout.

(informal) and that's final, and that's that, and that's flat, full stop, period, end of discussion


qué

(Provence, Switzerland) Isn’t it? Is it not?


mercredi

Inherited from Old French mercredi, from Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).

(colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of merde; shoot, shucks


bis

Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”).


mdr

Initialism of mort de rire (literally “dead of laughter”).

initialism

mdr c trop bon ça


tg

(Internet slang, informal, vulgar) Abbreviation of ta gueule.


argh

(onomatopoeia) argh (expression of annoyance)


allez

Allez, on y est presque.

Bon travail, allez.

Allez bonne nuit, ma bonne dame.

Allez, Nicolas ! Répète !

1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:

As an expression of encouragement; there you go, let's go, come on, that's it, attaboy, attagirl

Laisse-moi tranquille. Allez vas-y !

Allez Les Bleus !

Allez viens, plus perdre de temps.

Nicolas, je voudrais jouer du piano…
Non, ce n’est pas ton piano !
Allez, Nicolas, laisse-moi jouer.
Non, c’est mon piano !

Nicolas, I’d like to play the piano…
No, it’s not your piano!
Come on, Nicolas, let me play.
No, it’s my piano!

expressing a certain agitation, positive or negative (eg. enthusiasm or excitement, or impatience, annoyance or frustration, etc.), sometimes overlapping with previous sense of encouragement; come on, go on


sah

Borrowed from Maghrebi Arabic صَحّ (ṣaḥḥ).


enfin

Univerbation of en + fin. Literally, “in the end”.


hon

onom

Imitative


hin

Expressive; possibly has roots in various ancient interjections, e.g. Latin hem (“eh?, oh!”), hui (“ho!, ooh!”)

(onomatopoeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!


haro

Inherited from Middle French haro, from Old French haro, harou, from Frankish *harot, *hara (“here; hither”), akin to Old High German herot (“here; hither”), Old Saxon herod (“here; hither”), Middle Dutch hare (“here”) and English harrow.


purée

Inherited from Old French puree; feminine past participle of verb purer (“to make pure”), from Late Latin purare (same sense), from Classical Latin purus (“pure”).

Expression of irritation, surprise, or amazement. A euphemism for putain


oe

(Internet slang, text messaging) yeah, yh


merci

From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).
Used as an interjection of gratitude since at least the early 12th century, originally as "grand merci", for instance spelled "granz merciz" in Li coronemenz Looïs.

merci pour ton aide


misère

dear me! dear Lord! oh boy! heavens! woe is me!


tabarnak

Originally a Quebec eye-dialect spelling of tabernacle.

Non, non, c’est juste une joke. Garde-lé, ton vingt piastres. C’t’une tabarnak de gang de fous: j’ai les poches pleines. M’a te dire rien qu’une affaire: tu l’as en tabarnak ! Non, non, c’est vrai. T’es correct, toé.

2009, Robert Maltais, Le Curé du Mile End, page 195:

No, no, I was just joking. Keep it, your twenty bucks. They're all a fuckin' bunch of idiots: my pockets are full. Lemme tell ya something: you fuckin' have it! No, no, it's true: you're quite good, you.

Roman Reigns, écoute-moi bien: demain soir, t’es chez moi tabarnak!

2023, Friday Night SmackDown, spoken by Sami Zayn:

Roman Reigns, listen to me: tommorow night, you're in my fuckin' house!

(Quebec, vulgar, slang) An expletive and intensifier for all purposes.


diable

Inherited from Middle French diable, from Old French diable, deable, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).


a+

(text messaging, Internet slang, abbreviation) Alternative form of à plus. cul8r; ttyl


chapeau

→ Dutch: chapeau

→ English: chapeau

→ German: Chapeau

→ Spanish: chapó, chapeau

→ Portuguese: chapéu

Inherited from Middle French chappeau m, from Old French chapel m, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus m, diminutive from Late Latin cappa f. The interjection was originally short for chapeau bas.

Chapeau, monsieur.


hélas

→ Dutch: helaas

Inherited from Old French elas, variant of a las, from a (“ah”) + las, from Latin lassus (“weary”).

Tough Abbé Maury, when the obscure country Royalist grasps his hand with transport of thanks, answers, rolling his indomitable brazen head: "Hélas, Monsieur, all that I do here is as good as simply nothing."

1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

alas; exclamatory or declarative conjunction expressing affliction, regret, disappointment.


salut

Inherited from Old French salut, salu, from Latin salūtem, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).

der

Salut toi. Ça fait un bail, comment ça va?


hein

From earlier hen, heim, from Latin hem (“eh?”).

Ça vous a plu, hein ? Vous en d’mandez encore / Eh bien, écoutez l’histoire de Bonnie and Clyde

1968, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics and music), “Bonnie and Clyde”, in Initials B.B., performed by Serge Gainsbourg ft. Brigitte Bardot:

You liked it, did you? You want more / Well then, listen to the story of Bonnie and Clyde


bienvenue

Literally, “well come”, from Old French bienvenue; compare also bienvenu (without the -e). Presumably a calque of an Old Frankish term, from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a welcome guest or arrival”), from which many modern Germanic forms descend, as English welcome.
Interjection sense #2 is a recent semantic loan from English you're welcome found only in Canada; English “you’re welcome” dates from early 20th century, French Canadian usage correspondingly later.

semantic loan

Bienvenue à Paris!

Bienvenue dans la maison.

Merci pour le party! — Bienvenue.

(North America) you're welcome (as an answer to thank you)


alouette

From Etymology 1, alluding to the French-Canadian folk song Alouette, a cumulative song with a lengthening list of body parts.

Neurologue, pneumologue, plusieurs cardiologues, oto-rhino-laryngologiste, rhumatologue, spécialiste des maladies infectieuses, alouette : son quotidien est rythmé par les examens avec les nombreux spécialistes qui la suivent.

2020, Philippe Mercure, “COVID-19 : quand la maladie s'éternise”, in La Presse:

Neurologist, pneumonologist, several cardiologists, ENT, rheumatologist, infectious disease specialist, and a partridge in a pear tree: the rhythm of her daily life is set by her appointments with the numerous specialists who are following her.

and a partridge in a pear tree
and a partridge in a pear tree

(usually humorous) Used at the end of a long list of items; and a partridge in a pear tree


mâtin

Inherited from Old French mastin, inherited from Vulgar Latin *māns(u)etīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Classical Latin mānsuētus (“tamed”). Cognate to English mastiff.


ça va

→ Dutch: çavakes, çavakkes

Literally, “it goes”; compare English how's it going?, German wie geht es?.

(as a question) how are you? how's it going? how are things?

- Ça va?
- Oui, ça va bien. ― How's it going? - It's going fine.

(informal) OK, all right, sure, sure thing, sounds good, that's fine, that works for me


vraiment

Inherited from Middle French vrayement, from Old French veraiement. By surface analysis, vrai + -ment. Compare Italian veramente.


échec

→ Catalan: xec

Inherited from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king or check at chess, shah”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). See also French mat.


gare

Gare au refroidissement !


késaco

Borrowed from Occitan qu'es aquò? (“what is it?”).


tac

Dans les trois jours, voilà le tac, tac, tac / Des mitraillettes qui reviennent à l’attaque

Within three days, there's the rat-a-tat-tat / Of machine guns back on the attack

Onomatopoeia (but not an interjection) which is used to express the accomplishment of what we are doing. Tac, c'est fait.


pouce

Inherited from Old French pouce, pouz, peuce, from Latin pollicem.


Noël

Inherited from Middle French Noël, from Old French Noel, Naël, inherited from Vulgar Latin *notālis, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”) with dissimilation of the first -a- to -o-. Doublet of natal.

inh

Le fou propose au sage des questions que celui-ci ne peut résoudre ; et tandis que la populace crie Noël ! — que les palefrois hennissent, que les limiers aboient, que les cors fanfarent, […]

1895, Aloysius Bertrand, Gaspard de la nuit p. 20

The fool asks the wise questions that he can't answer. Meanwhile, the people shout huzzah!, and the parade horses neigh, and the bloodhounds bark, and the horns sound, […]

(obsolete) huzzah, hurrah (cry of celebration in portrayals of medieval people)


no comment

Cette année il a essayé de se fondre parmi les acteurs, actrices pour les prendre en photos mais certains s'y sont opposés avec un certain dédain revendiquant comme Guillaume Canet" son droit à l'image". No comment...

“Cannes : JM Barr écoeuré par l'attitude de Guillaume canet”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2009 June 5 (last accessed)

(idiomatic, ironic) no comment (a refusal to say the obvious impolite retort)


sérieux

Borrowed from Late Latin sēriōsus, from Classical Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”).


ouf

"Ouf, Ouf," grunted the pig, and swallowed the pancake in one gulp, and as the pancake couldn't get any farther, well, you see we can't go on with this story any farther, either.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 67:


calice

Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix). Compare also the inherited Old French chalice.

(Quebec, slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of câlisse


papillon

From Old French papeillon (12th c.), byform of paveillon, whence the modern doublet pavillon (“pavilion”). Both from Latin pāpiliōnem. The form with recovered -p- may be semi-learned, but has also been explained as a native development due to onomatopoeia. Another possibility would be influence by a hypothetical Old French *parpeillon, from Vulgar Latin *parpiliōnem (cf. Occitan parpalhon). The swimming sense is a semantic loan from English.


compris

Inherited from Old French, from Latin comprēnsus, variant of comprehēnsus.


heureusement

→ Ladino: orozamente

(informal) and a good job too! and a good thing too! well that's lucky! I'm glad to hear it! it's just as well! thank goodness!


hé

(colloquial) Used to express surprise; eh

Tu es Canadien, hé?

(Canada) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener confirm or agree with what has been said.


feur

(chiefly Internet, humorous) a humorous response to the word quoi (what) or pourquoi (why), as "quoi feur" sounds identical to the word coiffeur (hairdresser).


cul sec

bottoms up (a toast used when drinking alcohol)


scrogneugneu

/skʁɔ.ɲø.ɲø/

Euphemistic alteration of sacré nom de Dieu (“holy name of God”).

(minced oath) blast, dash it all, dagnabbit


zut alors

darn! dang! damn! (used to express mild surprise)


boum

Imitative. The spelling variant boom is borrowed from English.

onomatopoeic

Imitative


tiens

used to show uncertainty; like, you know

said when giving something to someone; here


motus

From mot with a fanciful Latinisation in -us.

(colloquial) interjection to request silence; Hush!, Quiet!


dommage

Inherited from Old French damage, inherited from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum, from Latin damnum, or from Old French dam + the suffix -age, probably becoming dommage under the influence of Old French dongier (“danger”).


mesdames et messieurs

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Mesdames et Messieurs.wav

ladies and gentlemen
ladies and gentlemen


sacrebleu

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

(dated, euphemistic, minced oath) good heavens, oh my gosh


flûte

From Old French fleüte, from Old Occitan flaut. The contraction of the Old French hiatus created a long vowel in Middle French, which is indicated by the modern circumflex.

Devant toi, une fille sourit. Tu l’aimes. Elle ne le saura jamais. Flûte. C’était une belle minute.

2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard, →ISBN, pages 85–86:

In front of you, a girl smiles. You love her. She'll never know. Damn. It was a beautiful moment.

blow!, drat! (mildly impolite interjection)


arrivederci

Borrowed from Italian arrivederci (“goodbye”), from a (“to”) with rivederci (“to see each other again”), from the infinitive rivedersi (“to see each other again, to meet again”), from ri- (“re-”) with the infinitive vedersi (“to see each other”), from vedere (“to see”) with the variable pronoun si (“oneself; one another”).
Cognate with French au revoir.


en garde

En garde! Prêts? Allez!
En garde! Prêts? Allez!

(fencing) Part of the sequence En garde! Prêts? Allez!


pan

Pan! T’es mort !


va te faire foutre

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-va te faire foutre.wav

(vulgar) go get fucked!; go fuck yourself!; fuck you!; fuck off!


bonne journée

have a nice day (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)


bonne soirée

Have a good evening (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)


plouf

onomatopoeic

Imitative

Le gaz fit « plouf », et, quelques minutes plus tard, l’odeur du café envahissait la maison.

The gas went "poof", and, a few minutes later, the smell of coffee filled the house.


aïe

interjection expressing a sharp pain: ouch!

interjection expressing worry: dang!; oh dear


CQFD

ce qu’il fallait démontrer
ce qu'il fallait démontrer#French

Initialism of ce qu’il fallait démontrer: QED


à la bonne heure

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à la bonne heure.wav

General expression of approval: splendid! that's the spirit! that's great!


quin

(Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens


laissez les bons temps rouler

laissez les bons temps rouler ! (canonical)

Calque of English let the good times roll.

calque

let the good times roll
let the good times roll

(Louisiana, Missouri) make merry!, let the good times roll!


à votre santé

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à votre santé.wav


saperlipopette

From saperlotte since circa 1863. Possible relation to the German sapperlot.


coucou

Inherited from Old French cucu; onomatopoeic derivative of the call of the cuckoo (bird), coucou, or from Latin cuculus.

(colloquial, informal) hiya, hey; an informal greeting

(colloquial, informal, by extension) an informal goodbye, bye-bye


à tes souhaits

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-à tes souhaits.wav

bless you (said in response to the first sneeze)


paf

* Interjection: onomatopoeia
* Adjective: from paffé, past participle of paffer (to consume excessively)
* Noun: uncertain

Paf ! Le livre est tombé à terre !

onomatopoeia for the noise caused by a fall or a blow


baptême

Inherited from Middle French baptesme, from Old French batesme, bapteme, baptesme (earlier batesma), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma), and Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós). Doublet of baptisme.

[1996], Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, La Courte Échelle, p. 39,
Oui, baptême! C'était mon filleul. Un petit gars intelligent et... — Yes, dangit! He was my godson. A bright little guy and...


putain de merde

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-putain de merde.wav

2008, Le retour de Shéhérazade, Clicanoo
Putain de merde, Shéhérazade ? La Princesse ? Entre nobles dames au langage châtié, nous pouvons nous comprendre.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Capture d’écran du site du «Sun»: «Putaine de merde, mec, on va aller en taule» s’exclame un des deux pilotes après avoir réalisé son erreur.

(vulgar) fucking hell; holy shit; goddamn


putain de bordel de merde

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-putain de bordel de merde.wav

(vulgar) holy fucking shit, Jesus fucking Christ


ta mère

(derogatory, vulgar, offensive) your mom


ouah

(onomatopoeia) woof, the sound of a dog's bark


à bientôt

see you soon, see you later, laters (an informal farewell wish)


pas de quoi

Literally, “not of what”, similar to English "not worth", as in "it's not worth making a fuss about it".

(informal) you're welcome (after being thanked)


haïe

a wagoner's cry to make their horses move faster; giddyup


chut

onomatopoeic

Onomatopoeic


enchantée

(said by a female speaker) pleased to meet you


bon rétablissement

get well soon (a phrase indicating hope that the listener recovers from physical illness)


prompt rétablissement

get well soon, a phrase expressing hope that the listener will soon recover from physical illness


sapristi

Alteration of sacristi; both euphemisms for an oath on the Sacred Host: Sacrum Corpus Christi.


bien fait

bien fait !

bien fait pour toi !

bien fait pour ta gueule ! dans ta gueule !

(informal) An exclamation that a bad thing happened to someone who deserved it.


punaise

From the feminine of punais (“having a foul odor”), from Vulgar Latin *pūtināsius, from Latin puteō + nāsus, based on nāriputēns.

(colloquial) Euphemistic form of putain; darn, shoot, shucks


ptdr

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pété de rire (literally “exploded from laughter”)., approximately equivalent to English PMSL


ayoye

(Quebec) expression of admirative surprise


corbleu

Euphemistic alteration of corps de Dieu (“God's body”); compare palsambleu, ventrebleu.


calvaire

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin calvāria.

bor+

(Quebec, vulgar) fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell


aïoli

Borrowed from Occitan alhòli, contraction of alh (“garlic”) + òli (“oil”).


crisse

Crisse que ça m’énarve !


quelle horreur

that's terrible, how horrible, isn't that awful


tant mieux

L’effet du remède a été rapide, tant mieux.

The remedy's effect was rapid, thankfully.

S’il se conduit sagement, tant mieux pour lui.

If he behaves well, all the better for him.

Il est parti ? Tant mieux !

Tant mieux pour toi !

Tant mieux pour eux !

Alors je continue ma route, et tant mieux si je me perds, tant que je vole […], portée par un courant d’air.

Then I continue on my way, fine if I get lost, as long as I'm flying […] , carried by a current of air.

It's a good thing; fortunately; used to express that a chance happening is favorable


cibole

"Cibole! C’est pas le genre d’affaire qu’on oublie!"

1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 66:

Dangit! It's not the kind of stuff you just forget!

(Quebec, euphemistic) Alternative form of ciboire


ciboire

Ciboire ! Il a joui en l’étranglant ! C’est un hostie de malade !

1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 53:

Holy shit! He came while strangling him. He's a fuckin' nutcase!


prems

(informal) dibs (used to claim right to something before anyone else)


mais oui

« Tu l’as vu ? » « Mais oui ! »


chiche

→ Russian: шиш (šiš) (possible)

Inherited from Old French chiche, possibly from or related to Latin ciccum, or alternatively an expressive or onomatopoetic expression (compare Spanish chico, Catalan xic). The interjection probably derives from the "capable" sense, suggesting in its usage "not capable".


si seulement

from your lips to God's ears
from your lips to God's ears

if only, I wish, from your lips to God's ears


la vache

(informal) Exclamation of surprise or astonishment: crap!, dammit!, shucks! holy cow!


euh

er, um, uh; expressing hesitation, reflection, confusion, or doubt


sacristi

J’en frissonnai, murmurant : Sacristi, la belle fille !

1882 December 26, Guy de Maupassant, “Nuit de Noël”, in Gil Blas:

I shivered, murmuring, ‘Good lord, what a beautiful girl!’

(colloquial, dated) good Lord, heavens above


à l'abordage

on board! (the stereotypical cry of pirates when boarding a ship for close quarters combat)


dsl

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of désolé (“sorry”); sry


tchao

Tchao, chéri ! Fais attention au verglas !

2004, Guy Josue Foumane, Cache-cache dans les ténèbres:


hourra

Of exclamatory origin, first attested 1694 as houzaye. Compare English huzzah, heeze (“to hoist”), hurrah.

onomatopoeic

exclamatory


rhô

(informal) ugh!, argh! (an expression of exasperation)


viendez

Deliberate misconjugation of the verb venir (see viens, venez)


'tain

(informal, vulgar) Informal spelling of putain. or Contraction of putain.


félicitations

Félicitations ! Vous avez gagné !

felicitations, congratulations, well done


halte

→ Greek: αλτ (alt)


coudonc

(Quebec) expressing surprise, impatience, or incomprehension


dring

brrr, whirr (a whirring sound, such as that of a machine)


jtm

(Internet slang, informal, text messaging, abbreviation) Abbreviation of je t’aime.


Mesdames et Messieurs

ladies and gentlemen (used to address an audience)


à ta santé

(idiomatic) cheers lit. "to your health" (used as a toast to drinking)


tchin-tchin

cheers, chin chin (said as a toast to drinking)


à la vôtre

(idiomatic) cheers (used as a toast to drinking)


mouais

Popular pronunciation of oui; compare ouais.


ohé

Inherited from Old French, from ô and hé. Probably influenced by Latin ohe (same meaning).

Ohé, saboteur, attention à ton fardeau, dynamite.

oy; hi; ahoy; yoohoo (used to get someone's attention)


eurêka

From the Ancient Greek εὕρηκᾰ (heúrēka).


beuh

interjection expressing indifference: meh


fieu

From Picard fieux and Walloon fieu, ultimately from Latin filius.

Allez fieu, on se refait une bière?

(Belgium, humorous, colloquial) dude, my man


waouh

wow (expression of excitement, pleasure, surprise), yay, yippie; yahoo

Waouh ! Elle est chouette, ta nouvelle voiture !

wow (expression of amazement, admiration)

(onomatopoeia) woof, the sound of a dog's bark


rebonjour

/ʁə.bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/


t'oh

From English d'oh, from The Simpsons. The voice actor for Homer Simpson in the French version of The Simpsons, Philippe Peythieu, rendered it t'oh.

Homer Simpson
Philippe Peythieu
The Simpsons


échec et mat

Inherited from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] conquered”). Perhaps conflated with Arabic مَاتَ (māta, “to die”).

der

Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta)


à vos souhaits

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-à vos souhaits.wav

God bless you (used after the first sneeze)


patatras

Il pose le pied maladroitement et, patatras, le voilà par terre.

He took one misstep and, wham!, found himself on the ground.


s'lut

(very informal) Alternative form of salut (“hi”)


vé

Borrowed from Occitan vei!, imperative of veire (“to see”).

J’ai un ami, Toni, enfin un copain. Parce que, vé, on est pas intimes, vous comprenez.


de quoi

De quoi ?!


nom de Dieu

→ Dutch: nondeju

(blasphemous) bloody hell; Jesus Christ; goddammit (indicates surprise, anger, indignation, etc.)


nom de Dieu de bordel de merde

(France, vulgar, blasphemous) Jesus fucking Christ; holy fucking shit (indicates anger or surprise)


drelin-drelin

ding dong (onomatopoeia for the sound of a doorbell)


v'la

(colloquial) Nonstandard spelling of voilà.


pardi

(dated) (yes,) obviously! (yes,) for God's sake! (yes,) of course!


balek

se battre les couilles de
se battre les couilles de#French

(Informal, vulgar) Clipping of se battre les couilles de.


MDR

(Internet slang, initialism) Alternative letter-case form of mdr


slt

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of salut (“hi”).


vingt-deux

(slang) scram! (a warning to run away or hide, especially when the cops are coming)


point barre

Compound of point (“period”) + barre (“bar”) On the model of French point final, an allusion to a typewriter or computer keyboard, the period being followed by a space.
Alternatively, some place the expression's origin as referring to a period following a slash, used for marking the end of a message transmitted by telex.

(informal) period; full stop, end of discussion


oustiti

(colloquial) cheese (used to make someone smile when posing for a photo)


navré

Past participle of navrer (“to upset, dismay”), from Middle French, from Old French navrer, nafrer (“to hurt by piercing or cutting”), from Old Norse nafra (“to pierce or bore with an auger”), from nafarr (“auger”), from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz (“auger”, literally “nave-spear”). Cognate with Old English nafugār (“auger”), Old High German nabagēr (“auger”). More at auger.

uder

sorry! (a heartfelt apology, usually for a death, loss, etc.)


pardieu

Pardieu ! je le crois bien, s’écria Sancho, qu’il était sage et enchanteur, puisque, à ce que dit le bachelier, Samson Carrasco (c’est ainsi que s’appelle celui dont je viens de parler), l’auteur de l’histoire se nomme Cid Hamet Berengen.

1837, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter II, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume II, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cⁱᵉ, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:

"By God! I do believe," cried Sancho, "that he was a sage and an enchanter, because, according to what the bachelor, Samson Carrasco (for that's the name of the one that I just talked about), says, the author of the story was named Cid Hamet Berengen."


ouh

Ouh ! Ça me fait mal !

Ouh ! Malheur à moi !

Ouh ! là là ! c’est grave !

Ouh, la menteuse ! Elle est amoureuse !


morbleu

Mourez donc les premiers, nous vous cédons le pas / Mais de grâce, morbleu ! Laissez vivre les autres !

1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:

Die first then, go ahead / But zounds! For pity's sake, let the others live!


motus et bouche cousue

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-motus et bouche cousue.wav


nom d'une pipe

(dated) flipping heck; bloody hell; cor blimey (or similar oath)


hors de question

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-hors de question.wav


fiou

Fiou! Ça me soulage.

phew, an onomatopoeic interjection used to express relief


à Dieu ne plaise

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-à Dieu ne plaise.wav


à bon entendeur salut

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à bon entendeur salut.wav


ploc

First attested 1845, of imitative origin.

onomatopoeic

imitative


pas de problème

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-pas de problème.wav


oh là là

Oh là là ! C’est incroyable !


bonne fête

(North America, Switzerland) happy birthday


viarge

(Quebec, vulgar, slang) An indication of surprise, indignation, or any other emotion.


câlisse

Quebec eye-dialect spelling of calice (“chalice”).


tayeule

(Quebec, colloquial) shut up: alternative form of ta gueule


atchou

(rare, archaic or Quebec) Alternative form of atchoum


joyeuses fêtes

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year; happy holidays


si fait

— Vous trouvez que ce n’est pas divertissant ?
— Si fait ! dit le prêtre.

"Do you not find it entertaining?"
"I do!" said the priest.

— N’avez-vous pas reçu une lettre ?
— Si fait.

1844, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo:

"Have you not received a letter?"
"Yes, I have."

(now archaic or literary) certainly, yes (indeed), but of course (used to contradict a negative assertion)


bordel de merde

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bordel de merde.wav


ouipe

oui with the mouth snapped closed at the end; compare English yep


nom de bleu

Bleu (“blue”) is substituted for Dieu (“God”).


ça suffit

that does it, that's torn it, that's enough


mon cul

Mon cul que tu travaillais, on vous entendait baiser, ta copine et toi.

My ass you were working, we heard you fucking, you and your girlfriend.

(vulgar) my ass (indicator of disbelief)


bonne après-midi

have a good afternoon (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)


bonne matinée

Have a good morning (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)


sans commentaires

sans commentaire
sans commentaire#French


wesh

Ellipsis of Algerian Arabic واش راك (wāš rāk, “what's up?”).

bor

Wesh Cousin -- (Name of a movie from 2004). Source: French Wikipedia. Article Wesh Cousin).

Wesh renoi ! n'aie pas la haine // Quand tu nous vois passer en Benz, Benz, Benz // Tu as l'air en chien, tu fais de la peine.

Booba Le D.U.C. : Song being part of the unreleased tracks present on the mixtape Autopsy Vol. 2, released on January 22, 2007.


un peu mon neveu

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-un peu mon neveu.wav

(informal) hell yeah, totally, absolutely


la ferme

From la fermer; possibly the imperative with a nonstandard reversed word order (the usual imperative being ferme-la).


mais encore

Near-synonym: quoi encore ?


tabarnouche

(Quebec, euphemistic) Synonym of tabarnak


enweille

(Quebec, colloquial) Alternative form of envoye


à bas sa tête

« Oui, à bas sa tête ! »

c. 1830–50, Théodore de Lameth, Mémoires, Fontemoing & Cie (1913), page 159

A bas ! à bas les soldats de la tyrannie ! à bas Launay, à bas sa tête !

1840, Joseph-Alexis Walsh, Journées mémorables de la Révolution française racontées par un père à ses fils, ou Récit complet des événements qui se sont passés en France depuis 1787 jusqu'en 1804, volume 1, Casterman, page 111:

Down! down with the soldiers of the tyranny! down with Launay, off with his head!

1854, Empis, Les six femmes de Henri VIII, Arthus Bertrand, volume 2, page 127

Off! off with his head! ... down with the traitor! down with the heretic! ... desecrator of tombs! ... despoiler of convents! ... defiler of relics! ... an axe blow to this miscreant! a pit at Tower Hill, off, off with his head! ... off! ...

A bas ! à bas sa tête !... à bas le traître ! à bas l’hérétique !.. violateur de tombeaux !... spoliateur de couvents !... profanateur des reliques !... un coup de hache à ce mécréant ! une fosse à Tower-Hill, à bas, à bas sa tête !... à bas !...

off with someone's head
off with someone's head


bigre

Euphemstic alteration of bougre. Compare fichtre from foutre.


oui-da

(archaic) yes indeed; in truth, assuredly


mon œil

tell it to the marines
tell it to the marines

(informal) my eye! my foot! tell it to the marines!

et la marmotte elle met le chocolat dans le papier d’alu


à vos marques, prêts, partez

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à vos marques, prêts, partez.wav

on your mark, get set, go
on your mark, get set, go


cot cot codet

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cot cot codet.wav

cackle (the cry of a hen, especially one that has laid an egg)


osef

(Internet slang, informal, vulgar, acronym) Abbreviation of on s’en fout.


mazette

Vous m’avez trahi? Mazette!

Mazette! Ma sœur est une mangeuse d’hommes!

2014, Stéphanie Maieron, Elisa... Ce qui n'est pas dit n'existe pas, Edilivres:

Expression of surprise or amazement, in either a positive or negative sense


WSH

Wsh frr tfk?

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of wesh.


stp

(initialism) Abbreviation of s’il te plaît.


ouate de phoque

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ouate de phoque.wav

Homophonic translation of English what the fuck; the literal meaning is “seal's cotton wool”.


banzaï

banzai (a Japanese interjection of victory)


taïaut

tallyho (cry used in deer hunting, especially to the hounds)


et alors

and then? (asking for further explanation)


tonnerre de Brest

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-tonnerre de Brest.wav

Literally, “thunder of Brest”. Said to originally have referred to cannon shots announcing the opening and closing of the arsenal at Brest.


bonne merde

(vulgar, Belgium) break a leg! Good luck!


au feu

fire! (A cry of distress indicating that something is on fire)


à l'aide

help! (A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance)


les zaricos sont salés

(Louisiana, Cajun, informal, as a response) things are going fine


bien joué

(informal) well done! way to go! good job! good show!


sans blague

(informal) you don't say, no kidding, tell me about it


à la revoyure

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à la revoyure.wav


ah bon

Martine – Tu n’as pas l’air bien.
Thomas – Je me suis levé du pied gauche ce matin.
Martine – Ah bon ? Pourquoi ?

2011, Guillaume Gest, Homo, hétéro ou bisexuel ? [Gay, straight, or bisexual?], →ISBN, page 19:

Martine: You don't look good.
Thomas: I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
Martine: Really? Why?

(informal) really? for real? is that so?


à qui le dis-tu

(informal) you're telling me, you don't say, no kidding, tell me about it


rien à voir

(informal) that has nothing to do with it! not at all!


jamais de la vie

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-jamais de la vie.wav

not in this lifetime
not in this lifetime

not in a million years
not in a million years

(informal) not on your life! not in this lifetime! not a chance! no way Jose! not in a million years! absolutely not!


tu parles

(informal) you must be joking!, yeah right! (expresses incredulity)


bien à vous

(informal) best, regards, all the best (used at the end of a casual letter)


bas les pattes

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bas les pattes.wav

(informal) hands off! paws off! mitts off!


pas touche

Inversion of touche pas (“don't touch”).


haut les cœurs

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-haut les cœurs.wav


à quoi bon

A quoi bon se retenir si on a envie de se désopiler, de crier son amour, de le sublimer par le verbe et par le geste, cet instant-là où tout paraît beau où toutes les « interférences » idéologiques et religieuses se noient dans les flots de sentiments passionnels et profonds.

2022 February 14, “Saint Valentin : La métaphore magique de notre ouverture”, in Le Soleil, archived from the original on 2022-12-04:

What good is it to hold back if you want to get out of your own way, shout out your love, sublimate it in words and deeds: that moment when everything seems beautiful, where all ideological and religious "interference" drowns in the waves of deep, passionate feeling.

(informal) what good is it? what's the good of? what's the point?


bien vu

bien vu l’aveugle !

(informal) well spotted! good thinking! good point! good catch! finely observed!


bon matin

(North America) good morning (a phrase uttered upon a meeting)


dis donc

Eh bah dis donc !

– Dis donc, tu t’es fendu ! Elles sont magnifiques tes huîtres ! Où as-tu pêché ça ?

Dis donc, tata Marceline, dit Zazie, tu te fous de moi ou bien t’es vraiment sourdingue ?

1959, Raymond Queneau, Zazie dans le métro, Gallimard:

"Hey, Auntie Marceline," said Zazie, "are you taking the piss, or are you completely deaf?"


à vos amours

bless you (used after the second sneeze)


de grâce

please, pray, for the love of God, for God's sake, I beg you


par pitié

please, pray, for pity's sake, mercy, have mercy, for the love of God, for God's sake, I beg you


qu'à cela ne tienne

Literally, “let it not depend on that”, or more loosely translated as “let that make no difference”.

lit

no matter! no big deal! so be it! fair enough! never mind that!


aux armes

Aux armes, citoyens !


tiens donc

(informal) oh really? well, well, well! well, well!


bon vent

Godspeed! safe journey! farewell! goodbye!


du vent

Probably an ellipsis of donne-moi du vent (“give me some air”), je veux du vent (“I want some air”), or some such phrase.

ellipsis

(informal) hop it! shoo! begone! push off! be off with you!


sans dec

(very informal) no shit, no kidding, you don't say, tell me about it (a sarcastic response to the obvious)


laissez-moi rire

(informal) yeah, right! that's a laugh! give me a break!


vous voulez rire

(informal) you gotta be joking! you must be kidding!


je te garde un p'tit de ma chienne

je te garde un p’tit de ma chienne (canonical)


cela fait zir

(Louisiana, Cajun, St. Mary Parish) astonishing!


desselle-toi que je te monte

(Louisiana, Cajun, St. Mary Parish) prepare for a fight!


à moi

help! (A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance)


la belle affaire

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-la belle affaire.wav


d'ac

(informal) Clipping of d’accord; agreed, alright, OK


très peu pour moi

(informal) not for me! no thanks! no thank you! it's not my thing! it's not my cup of tea! I really don't like it! I'm not interested at all!


ça alors

(informal) well, I never! well blow me down! my goodness! my word!


comment ça

Near-synonyms: qu’est-ce que ça veut dire ?, ça veut dire quoi ?

(informal) what do you mean? how do you mean? say what? how so?


farce ou friandise

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-farce ou friandise.wav


c'est cela

(informal) yeah, right! my eye! tell it to the marines!


que tu crois

(informal) not at all! far from it! you bet! not likely!


bon Dieu

good God, for God's sake, bloody hell, gosh


bon sang de bonsoir

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bon sang de bonsoir.wav

Literally, “good blood of good evening!”.

lit

(dated) good heavens! heavens above! good Lord! for Pete's sake!


patati

Only used in et patati et patata (“blah blah blah”)


du balai

(informal) hop it! shoo! begone! push off! on your bike!


bonté divine

(dated) good heavens! good grief! goodness me!


grands dieux

grands dieux, non !


encore heureux

/ɑ̃.kɔʁ œ.ʁø/

/ɑ̃.kɔʁ ø.ʁø/

Ellipsis of c’est encore heureux, now archaic.

(informal) and a good job too! and a good thing too! well that's lucky! I'm glad to hear it! it's just as well! thank goodness!


promis juré

(informal) pinky swear, pinky promise, cross my heart


parole de scout

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-parole de scout.wav

(informal) pinky swear, pinky promise, cross my heart, Scout's honor

croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer


promis, juré, craché

cross my heart and hope to die
cross my heart and hope to die

(informal) cross my heart and hope to die, pinky swear, pinky promise


à d'autres

See the phrase on ne me la fait pas (“bullshit won't work on me; I'm no sucker, I'm no fool”); perhaps an ellipsis of something such as fais-la à d'autres (“try it on someone else”).

(informal) don't give me that! tell it to the marines! my eye! pull the other one!


mais bien sûr

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-mais bien sûr.wav

mais bien sûr, avec plaisir !


ouaiiis

From ouais, with the i repeated as often as desired.


la bonne blague

(informal) that's a laugh! yeah, right! give me a break!


Jésus, Marie, Joseph

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Jésus, Marie, Joseph.wav

Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Jesus, Mary and Joseph


c'est celui qui dit qui y est

c’est celui qui dit qui y est ! (canonical)

c’est celui qui dit qui l’est
c'est celui qui dit qui l'est#French

Alternative form of c’est celui qui dit qui l’est


c'est celui qui dit qui l'est

c’est celui qui dit qui l’ est ! (canonical)

I know you are but what am I
I know you are but what am I

takes one to know one
takes one to know one

(childish) I know you are but what am I? takes one to know one!


Dieu soit loué

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Dieu soit loué.wav

thank God! thank heavens! thank goodness!


ouaip

From ouais, an informal variant of oui (“yes”). Compare English yep.

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(informal) Pronunciation spelling of ouais: yep


du nerf

go on! give it some welly! put some welly into it! buck up!


tu l'as dit bouffi

you can say that again
you can say that again

(informal) you said it, you don't say, you can say that again, tell me about it


tu l'as dit, bouffi

tu l’as dit (canonical)
bouffi ! (canonical)

tu l’as dit bouffi
tu l'as dit bouffi#French

Alternative spelling of tu l’as dit bouffi


bas les masques

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bas les masques.wav

(informal) no more pretending now! drop the act!


et voilà le travail

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-et voilà le travail.wav


à bon entendeur, salut

à bon entendeur salut
à bon entendeur salut#French

Alternative spelling of à bon entendeur salut


à un de ces quatre

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à un de ces quatre.wav


point à la ligne

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-point à la ligne.wav

Literally, “period, to the [next] line”.


autant pour moi

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-autant pour moi.wav

Whether the true orthography is autant pour moi or au temps pour moi is unknown. The two co-exist and have their proponents:
1) autant pour moi: an elliptic form of the expression « C'est autant pour moi », or « C'est autant d'erreur que l'on peut mettre à mon actif » (~ those are mistakes one can attribute to me). This version is defended by French writer and translator Claude Duneton.
2) au temps pour moi: according to the Académie Française, au temps ! originally meant to start all over again in the military (reprendre, recommencer). Then more extensively, it began to be used to agree to a mistake, and to agree to "start all over again" so as not to do it again. But this explanation is criticised by some people considering that this form is a pedantic respelling of autant pour moi.

my bad, my mistake, silly me, I stand corrected


au temps pour moi

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-au temps pour moi.wav

Whether the true orthography is autant pour moi or au temps pour moi is unknown. The two co-exist and have their proponents:
1) autant pour moi: an elliptic form of the expression « C'est autant pour moi », or « C'est autant d'erreur que l'on peut mettre à mon actif » (~ those are mistakes one can attribute to me). This version is defended by French writer and translator Claude Duneton.
2) au temps pour moi: according to the Académie Française, au temps ! originally meant to start all over again in the military (reprendre, recommencer). Then more extensively, it began to be used to agree to a mistake, and to agree to "start all over again" so as not to do it again. But this explanation is criticised by some people considering that this form is a pedantic respelling of autant pour moi.
The Académie Française only allows the second form of the expression, but the first is very common.

« Au temps pour moi », concède ma prof de maths quand quelqu’un relève une erreur au tableau.

2012, Lily King, chapter 7, in Bruno Boudard, transl., La Pluie et le beau temps, Presses de la Cité:

"My mistake," concedes my maths teacher when someone notes an error on the board

J’avais pourtant cru voir le mot « ÉCOLE » sur la devanture de l’établissement juste après « auto ». Au temps pour moi, ma dyslexie passagère a encore frappé... Enfin...bizarrement, je crois ne pas être la seule à avoir souffert de ce syndrome…

2015, Nina Belile, “epilogue”, in Vous saurex tout sur le permis, éditions La Boite à Pandore:

However, I thought I saw the word "SCHOOL" on the front of the establishment just after "auto". My mistake, my temporary dyslexia had struck again... Well... strangely, I think I'm not the only one to have suffered from that syndrome...


tu l'as dit

(informal) you said it, you don't say, you can say that again


je veux mon neveu

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-je veux mon neveu.wav

je veux, mon neveu
je veux, mon neveu#French

Alternative spelling of je veux, mon neveu


un peu, mon neveu

un peu mon neveu
un peu mon neveu#French

Alternative spelling of un peu mon neveu


excusez du peu

(informal) no less! if you please! would you believe!


il n'y a pas à dire

(informal) what can I say, there's no doubt about it, you have to admit it


parole d'honneur

you have my word! upon my word! cross my heart!


palsambleu

Bowdlerized form of par le sang de Dieu (“by the blood of God”), replacing Dieu (“God”) by bleu (“blue”). Compare parbleu, sacrebleu, and other related substitutions.


tout fout le camp

(informal) it's all falling apart, it's all going to the dogs


c'est parti, mon kiki

c’est parti (canonical)
mon kiki ! (canonical)

c’est parti mon kiki
c'est parti mon kiki#French

Alternative spelling of c’est parti mon kiki


c'est le cas de le dire

Mourir pour des idées, c’est le cas de le dire / C’est leur raison de vivre, ils ne s’en privent pas


c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire

c’est le moins qu’ on puisse dire ! (canonical)

(informal) to say the least! that's the least you can say! you can say that again! that's putting it mildly!


c'est parti mon kiki

While the beginning of the phrase translates literally to "it has started," there is no consensus on the second part of the phrase, "my kiki."
Although the word "kiki" in slang can refer to the male sexual organ, the phrase as a whole does not have sexual connotations, and is not taken as vulgar.
Various internet discussion boards suggest that "kiki" is simply a cute rhyme for "parti," since the phrase "C'est parti" can exist on its own without changing the meaning of the full phrase.
Others maintain that the addition of "mon kiki" to the phrase was thanks to the popularity of Monchhichi, a Japanese toy sold globally in the late 1970s and beyond, which was sold under the name "Kiki" in France.

(informal) we're ready; let's go!; we're off!; here we go!


c'est parti

(informal) let's go!; we're off! here we go!; off we go!


et puis quoi encore

(informal) what more do you want – jam on it? oh yeah, and what else? anything else? is that all? (used ironically, when someone asks too much, with the meaning "not a chance I'm going to do that!")


c'est toujours ça de gagné

c’est toujours ça de gagné ! (canonical)


que du contraire

far from it, quite the contrary, on the contrary


tu parles, Charles

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-tu parles, Charles.wav

(informal) my eye; yeah, right; tell it to the marines!


non mais

non mais oh !

non mais ça va pas ou quoi ?

non mais tout de même !

non mais sans blague, tu te prends pour qui ?

non mais des fois !

non mais alors !

non mais franchement !

(informal) honestly! well, really! do you mind! (used to express indignation)


ben voyons

Je te jure, c’est par pur hasard que j’étais là. —Ben voyons !

I swear, it's a complete coincidence that I was there. —I'll bet!

(informal) I'll bet! well, well! come now! yeah, right! what a coincidence! (used ironically to indicate disbelief of a statement)

On dit que les tarifs d’électricité vont encore augmenter. —Ben voyons !

They say that electricity rates are going to go up again. —Good grief!

(informal) come on! good grief! sheesh! (used to agree with another speaker's incredulity or dismay)


haut les mains

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-haut les mains.wav

hands up! stick 'em up! reach for the sky!


le petit oiseau va sortir

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-le petit oiseau va sortir.wav


mystère et boule de gomme

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-mystère et boule de gomme.wav


minute papillon

(informal) hold your horses! not so fast! hang on!


et le tour est joué

(informal) and Bob's your uncle! there you have it! that's all there is to it! ta-da! shazaam!


qu'importe

Probably from interrogative sentences: "qu'importe ... ?".

(rather formal) whichever you like, it doesn't matter, no matter, whatever


et moi donc

(informal) what about me then? and what about me? so am I! so do I! same here! tell me about it!


grand Dieu

(dated) good heavens! good grief! goodness me!


à qui le dites-vous

you're telling me, you don't say, no kidding, tell me about it


c'est rien de le dire

(informal) and how! and it's an understatement!


bon sang mais c'est bien sûr

bon sang mais c’est bien sûr ! (canonical)

/bɔ̃ sɑ̃ mɛ s‿ɛ bjɛ̃ syʁ/

(informal) but of course! that's obvious, I can see that now! how did I not get that before?


vingt dieux

Literally, “twenty gods”, but the original spelling was vain Dieu (literally “vain God”).

(dated) blow me down, bloody hell, gosh, good God


le devoir m'appelle

duty calls (I gotta go, I have something to do)


non peut-être

[nõ pœˈtɛːtʁ̥]

From non + peut-être, literally “not maybe”.


sangbleu

(dated) flipping heck; bloody hell; cor blimey (or similar oath)


tu peux parler

(informal) look who's talking! you're one to talk! you can talk! says the one!


à l'aise, Blaise

à l’aise (canonical)
Blaise ! (canonical)


ça te va bien

(informal) look who's talking! you're one to talk! you can talk!


c'est moi qui vous le dis

take it from me, I'm telling you, I can tell you, believe me


c'est moi qui te le dis

(informal) take it from me, I'm telling you, I can tell you, believe me, rest assured


tu m'étonnes

Literally, “you're surprising me”, used sarcastically.

(informal) it figures, you don't say, no kidding, tell me about it


patapouf

From pata- (onomatopoeia imitating a falling sound) + pouf (“poof”).


en route, mauvaise troupe

en route mauvaise troupe
en route mauvaise troupe#French

Alternative spelling of en route mauvaise troupe


dieux du ciel

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-dieux du ciel.wav


en avant, marche

forward, march! forward ho! off we go! let's go!


la honte

(informal) what a disgrace! how disgraceful!


à un de ces quatre
à un de ces quatre#French

(text messaging) Initialism of à un de ces quatre.


cool, Raoul

(informal) cool it! chill! chill out! relax!


bonjour les dégâts

it's a recipe for disaster! there'll be trouble!


wlh

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of wallah.


peu importe

no matter, never mind, it doesn't matter


couic

onomatopoeic

Imitative

(onomatopoeia) (to express sudden death or destruction)


que diable

Un peu plus d’entrain, que diable !


dans ta gueule

(vulgar) in your face! (an exclamation that a bad thing happened to someone who deserved it)


dans ton cul

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-dans ton cul.wav

(vulgar) up yours!; in your face! (an exclamation that a bad thing happened to someone who deserved it)


au dodo

(informal) to bed! off to bed! sleepy time!


bien le bonsoir

Coordinate term: bien le bonjour


au boulot

(informal) get to work! let's get to work!


bien le bonjour

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-bien le bonjour.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bien le bonjour.wav

Coordinate term: bien le bonsoir


doucement les basses

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-doucement les basses.wav

(dated) easy! calm down! hold your horses!


c'est moi qui te remercie

used as a response to merci (“thank you”) when the act is mutually beneficial


c'est moi qui vous remercie

c’est moi qui vous remercie ! (canonical)


c'est moi

c’est moi qui te remercie
c'est moi qui te remercie#French

c’est moi qui vous remercie
c'est moi qui vous remercie#French

Ellipsis of c’est moi qui te remercie. or c’est moi qui vous remercie, used as a response of merci

c’est moi qui te remercie

— Allô, oui. Qui est à l’appareil? — C’est moi.

— Hello, yes. Who is speaking? — It's me.


un homme à la mer

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-un homme à la mer.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-un homme à la mer.wav


eh bien

well (used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations)


Quel Panama!

From the collapse of the Panama Company, under Lesseps, one of the largest corporate collapses in history, when it failed to build the Panama Canal at the end of the 19th century. Literally, “What a Panama!”.

(France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Réunion, West Africa, historical, early 20th c.) what a mess; what a boondoggle; what a disaster

Cambodia; Laos; Algeria; Tunisia; early 20th c.; Cambodia; Laos; Algeria; Tunisia; early 20th c.


mission accomplie

mission accomplished
mission accomplished


à plus dans le bus

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à plus dans le bus.wav

see you later, alligator
see you later, alligator


cheh

(colloquial, sarcastic) equivalent to "well done", "deserved", "serves you right"


au plaisir

Ellipsis of au plaisir de vous revoir. Compare Dutch tot genoegen.


pas si vite

(informal) not so fast! hold your horses!


à très vite

(informal, sometimes proscribed) see you soon, see you later, laters (an informal farewell wish)


c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire

c’est le moins que l’ on puisse dire ! (canonical)

c’est le moins qu’on puisse dire
c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire#French

Alternative form of c’est le moins qu’on puisse dire


c’est carré comme en Corée

A contraction of the line "Pour lui, tout est carré comme le Nord d'la Corée" (For him, it's all as square as the North of Korea) from the 2018 song L'enfoiré by French hip-hop artist Heuss l'Enfoiré. "carré" (square), here used in the sense of a positive agreement, is a reference to the military displays and discipline enforced by the dictatorship of North Korea, which is a subject of fascination in French hip-hop.

Et, en prime, avec les Verts c’est carré comme en Corée.

2022 March 14, Guillaume Lamy, “Edito : une envie pressante”, in Lyon Capitale:

And, to top it off, with the Greens it's as square as Korea.

(hip hop culture, slang) expression of affirmation or agreement, similar to OK


ça tourne

(film) Rolling! (a verbal confirmation from the cameraman that they are recording)


mouarf

(onomatopoeia) bow-wow, woof, the sound of a dog's bark


vos gueules

(slang, offensive, vulgar) shut your mouth!, shut up!, shut it!


khalass

(slang) indicates the performance of a homicide, khalass


pécaïre

(Central, France, archaic) gadzooks!; darnation!


bien tenté

(informal) Synonym of bien essayé (“nice try”)


bonnes vacances

have a good holiday! enjoy your vacation!


quoi encore

Near-synonym: mais encore ?

Indicates the speaker's impatience at being faced with the return of someone or something they believed settled: what now? now what? what is it now? what is it this time?


comment donc

—Je peux te demander une faveur ?
—Mais comment donc !
—Can I ask you a favor?
—But of course!

An affirmative expression of certainty, used especially to grant permission; certainly, by all means, of course


et patati et patata

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-et patati et patata.wav


turlututu

(historical) tura-lura (nonsense phrase in songs)


va te faire enculer

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-va te faire enculer.wav

Literally, “go get fucked in the ass”.
Compare Italian vaffanculo.

(vulgar) go fuck yourself!, fuck off!, get fucked!, fuck you!


ptn

(euphemistic, vulgar, text messaging, Internet slang) putain


plutôt crever

Literally, “rather die”, or more loosely translated as “I'd rather die”.

lit

not in a million years
not in a million years

(very informal) not a chance! no way! not in a million years! absolutely not!


plutôt mourir

(informal) not a chance! no way! not in a million years! absolutely not!


dans les dents

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-dans les dents.wav

(informal) in your face! (an exclamation that a bad thing happened to someone who deserved it)


boudiou

(colloquial) Expressing admiration, anger or astonishment.


le con de ta mère

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-le con de ta mère.wav

Literally, “your mother's cunt”. Compare Spanish concha de tu madre, Romanian pizda mă-tii, Serbo-Croatian u pičku materinu.

« Eh ! doucement ! Eh, le Blanc, le con de ta mère ! Doucement ! Eh, Blanc, le con de ta mère ! Eh ! doucement ! Eh, Blanc, eh, Blanc, héééé ! »

Hey! Easy! Hey, whitey, fuck you! easy! Hey, whitey, fuck you! Hey! easy! Hey, Whitey, hey, Whitey, heeeey!

Il répétait :
— Le con de ta mère, le con de ta mère ! Tu baises ma sœur, toi, tu baises ma sœur !
La haine lui plissait le menton, pliait son front.’’
He repeated:
— Fuck you, fuck you! You're fucking my sister, you, you're fucking my sister!
Hatred creased his chin, bent his forehead.


la chatte à ta mère

Literally, “your mother's pussy”. Compare Arabic كس أمك, Spanish conchatumadre, Romanian pizda mă-tii, Serbo-Croatian u pičku materinu.

(vulgar) fuck you, go fuck yourself, eat shit


vrai de vrai

/vʁɛ də vʁɛ/

Moi je sais jouer au foot, vrai de vrai ! Pas vrai Alceste ?

I know how to play football! Isn't it true Alceste?

(idiomatic, informal, childish or old) really (used when you want to emphasize that something is true)


bjr

(text messaging) Abbreviation of bonjour.


non c'est non

/nɔ̃ s‿ɛ nɔ̃/


va voir ailleurs si j'y suis

va voir ailleurs si j’y suis (canonical)


joyeux Noël et bonne année

joyeux Noël et bonne année ! (canonical)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-joyeux Noël et bonne année.wav

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year


attention les yeux

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bienvenue au club.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-attention les yeux.wav

(informal) prepare to be amazed! you won't believe your eyes!


gneugneu

Spelling possibly from scrogneugneu (“grumpy old man”).

(slang) Used to mockingly imitate others


que la paix soit sur lui

Calque of Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu, “peace be upon him”).

calque

عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ


From the phonetic spelling nuit; compare German Nacht.

(Internet slang) goodnight (replacing bonne nuit)


que paix soit sur elle

Calque of Arabic عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhā s-salāmu, “peace be upon her”).

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ

que la paix soit sur elle
que la paix soit sur elle#French

(Islam, rare) Alternative form of que la paix soit sur elle.


que la paix soit sur elle

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


que paix soit sur lui

عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ

que la paix soit sur lui
que la paix soit sur lui#French

(Islam) Alternative form of que la paix soit sur lui.


quoicoubeh

(humorous) Meaningless response to "quoi?".


gnangnangnan

Synonym of bla-bla-bla (“blah blah blah”) (trivial or boring content)


mets-en

(Canada) Expresses support, agreement, certainty or emphasis.


quinze-A

Widely believed to be from ellipsis of quinze à quinze (“fifteen-fifteen”).


à bon entendeur

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à bon entendeur.wav


bétaille

Inherited from Old French bestaille, from beste (“animal”) + -aille.


qui parle

(informal) look who's talking! you're one to talk! you can talk! says the one!


en sah

«En sah ?» «En sah !»

«En sah ?» «En sah !»


tiens tiens

(informal) oh really? well, well, well! well, well!


sa mère

Sa mère... J’ai eu une putain de mauvaise note