palsambleu
\pal.sɑ̃.blø\
The verdict
“palsambleu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jurement de l’ancienne comédie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palsambleu · palsambleu · French
palsambleu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palsambleu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \pal.sɑ̃.blø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « palsambleu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
palsambleu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \pal.sɑ̃.blø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jurement de l’ancienne comédie.".
palsambleu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is palsambleu, spelled P-A-L-S-A-M-B-L-E-U.
Definition
- 1Jurement de l’ancienne comédie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how palsambleu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Arlequin — Étudié ! moi, étudié ! Palsambleu ! vous ne le prenez pas mal. Étudié ! vous ne savez donc pas que je suis homme de qualité ? À peine sais-je écrire mon nom.
Arlequin — Eh palsambleu ! le moyen de n’être pas tendre, quand on se trouve tête à tête avec vos grâces ?
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.