morbleu
French, interjection/mɔʁ.blø/
morbleu is spelled M-O-R-B-L-E-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morbleu is a French interjection meaning “gadzooks, zounds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Euphémisme du juron Par la mort de Dieu”.
What does morbleu mean in English?
interjection
- 1
archaicgadzooks, zounds
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Euphémisme du juron Par la mort de Dieu.
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 morbleu?
- /mɔʁ.blø/
- \mɔʁ.blø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to morbleu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morbleu in French?
morbleu appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).