parbleu
French, interjection/paʁ.blø/
parbleu is spelled P-A-R-B-L-E-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parbleu is a French interjection meaning “by Jove; gadzooks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de juron”.
What does parbleu mean in English?
interjection
- 1
archaicby Jove; gadzooks
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Sorte de juron.
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 parbleu?
- /paʁ.blø/
- \paʁ.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 parbleu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parbleu in French?
parbleu appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).