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merde

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See also: merdé

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French merde (shit). Doublet of mierda and merd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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merde (uncountable)

  1. (mildly vulgar, chiefly humorous) Shit.

Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian merda (shit, crap).

Interjection

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merde

  1. (Uri, vulgar) shit!, crap!

References

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French merde.

Interjection

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merde

  1. (chiefly Belgium, vulgar) shit!, crap!

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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merde

  1. (vulgar) shit!, crap!
    Merde ! J'ai oublié mes clés !
    Shit! I forgot my keys!
    • 1971, Serge Gainsbourg, “Melody”, in Histoire de Melody Nelson, performed by Serge Gainsbourg:
      Ainsi, je déconnais avant que je ne perde le contrôle de la Rolls. J'avançais lentement. Ma voiture dériva, et un heurt violent me tira soudain de ma rêverie. Merde !
      And so, I was fooling around before losing control of the Rolls. I proceeded slowly. My car drifted, and a sharp thud suddenly pulled me out of my dream. Shit!
  2. (theater) break a leg!

Noun

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merde f (plural merdes)

  1. (vulgar) turd, piece of feces, shit
    J’ai marché dans une merde de chien.
    I stepped in dog shit.
  2. shit (something undesirable or unwanted)
    J'en ai marre de ce petit morveux de merde !
    I've had it with this little fucking brat!
  3. shit (something of poor quality)
    Aïe, cette télé de merde !
    Ugh, this piece-of-shit TV!
  4. (derogatory) a dickhead, a fuckhead, a bastard

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Réunion Creole French: mèrd
  • Dutch: merde
  • English: merde

See also

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Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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merde f

  1. plural of merda

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French merde.

Noun

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merde f (plural merdes)

  1. (vulgar) shit (feces)
  2. (figuratively) shit (something undesirable)

Descendants

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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merde f (definite singular merda, indefinite plural merder, definite plural merdene)

  1. alternative form of merd m

Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmer.de/, [ˈmerˠ.de]

Verb

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merde (Anglian)

  1. inflection of merran:
    1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative
    2. singular preterite subjunctive

Old French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin merda.

Noun

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merde oblique singularf (oblique plural merdes, nominative singular merde, nominative plural merdes)

  1. (vulgar) shit (feces)

Descendants

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  • Middle French: merde (see there for further descendants)
  • Walloon: miere

Zazaki

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Noun

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merde

  1. death