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tuer le messager

French, verb/tɥe l(ə) mɛ.sa.ʒe/

tuer le messager is a French verb meaning “to shoot the messenger (to blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable for a problem because they brought…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se débarrasser du porteur d’une mauvaise nouvelle sous le coup de la colère ou du dépit”.

What does tuer le messager mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to shoot the messenger (to blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable for a problem because they brought attention to it)

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Se débarrasser du porteur d’une mauvaise nouvelle sous le coup de la colère ou du 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.

How do you pronounce tuer le messager?

  • /tɥe l(ə) mɛ.sa.ʒe/
  • \tɥe lə mɛ.sa.ʒe\

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