la vache
French, interjection/la vaʃ/
la vache is spelled L-A-V-A-C-H-E (7 letters). La vache is a French interjection meaning “Exclamation of surprise or astonishment: crap!, dammit!, shucks! holy cow!” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Expression exprimant le choc, la surprise, l’admiration ou le dépit”.
What does la vache mean in English?
interjection
- 1
informalExclamation of surprise or astonishment: crap!, dammit!, shucks! holy cow!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Expression exprimant le choc, la surprise, l’admiration ou le dépit.
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.
Forms of la vache
- la vache ! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce la vache?
- /la vaʃ/
- \la vaʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.