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pétard mouillé

French, noun/pe.taʁ mu.je/

pétard mouillé is a French masculine noun meaning “damp squib (firework that fails to go off, due to wetting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action sensationnelle ou spectaculaire qui se révèle être sans effet”.

What does pétard mouillé mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedamp squib (firework that fails to go off, due to wetting)

  2. 2

    masculinedamp squib

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action sensationnelle ou spectaculaire qui se révèle être sans effet.

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 pétard mouillé

  • pétards mouillés plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pétard mouillé?

  • /pe.taʁ mu.je/
  • \pe.taʁ mu.je\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.