merde
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See also: merdé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French merde (“shit”). Doublet of mierda.
Pronunciation
Noun
merde (uncountable)
- (mild, mainly humorous) Shit.
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian merda (“shit, crap”).
Interjection
merde
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) , Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 17.
Dutch
Etymology
Interjection
merde
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛʁd/
- (Quebec) IPA(key):
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Interjection
merde
- (vulgar) shit!, crap!
- Merde ! J’ai oublié mes clés !
- Shit! I forgot my keys!
- (theater) break a leg!
Noun
merde f (plural merdes)
- (vulgar) turd, piece of feces, shit
- J’ai marché dans une merde de chien.
- I stepped in dog shit.
- shit (something undesirable or unwanted)
- J’en ai marre de ce petit morveux de merde !
- I've had it with this little fucking brat!
- shit (something of poor quality)
- Aïe, cette télé de merde !
- Ugh, this piece-of-shit TV!
- (derogatory) a dickhead, a fuckhead, a bastard
Derived terms
- avoir de la merde dans les yeux
- avoir un œil qui dit merde à l’autre
- bonne merde
- bordel de merde
- chercher la merde
- dans la merde
- de merde
- emmerder
- être dans la merde jusqu’au cou
- faire de la merde
- fouteur de merde
- foutre la merde
- je te dis merde
- jeter comme une merde
- merde alors
- merdique
- mouche à merde
- ne pas se prendre pour de la merde
- putain de bordel de merde
- putain de merde
- sac à merde
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: merde
See also
Further reading
- “merde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- “merde” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “merde” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
Italian
Noun
merde f
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French merde.
Noun
merde f (plural merdes)
- (vulgar) shit (feces)
- (figuratively) shit (something undesirable)
Descendants
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
merde f (definite singular merda, indefinite plural merder, definite plural merdene)
- alternative form of merd m
Zazaki
Noun
merde