fouille-merde
French, noun/fuj.mɛʁd/
fouille-merde is spelled F-O-U-I-L-L-E-M-E-R-D-E (12 letters). Fouille-merde is a French feminine noun meaning “muckraker (a scandal-mongering person who is not driven by any social principle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vulgaire de plusieurs insectes coléoptères coprophages, qu’on trouve dans les champs sous les bouses de…”.
What does fouille-merde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemuckraker (a scandal-mongering person who is not driven by any social principle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vulgaire de plusieurs insectes coléoptères coprophages, qu’on trouve dans les champs sous les bouses de vache. 2. Personne qui se mêle de ce qui ne la regarde pas ; ou selon le point de vue, personne qui enquête sur des affaires douteuses.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce fouille-merde?
- /fuj.mɛʁd/
- \fuj.mɛʁd\
- \fuʎ.mɛʁd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fouille-merde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.