merde
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la merde
A feminine noun is used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la dame, la lune).
b. crap (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Ça sentait la merde près de la station d'épuration.It smelled like crap near the sewage treatment plant.
d. poop (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Il y avait de la merde sur la table à langer.There was some poop on the changing table.
2. (vulgar) (detestable person)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
a. piece of shit (vulgar)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
T'es vraiment qu'une merde qui trompe tout le monde.You're really just a piece of shit who cheats on everyone.
b. piece of crap (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Toute personne qui arnaque des personnes âgées est une merde.Anyone who scams elderly people is a piece of crap.
3. (vulgar) (thing of very poor quality)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
a. crap (colloquial) (uncountable)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Arrête de dépenser tout ton argent dans des merdes pareilles !Stop spending all your money on crap like that!
b. shit (vulgar) (uncountable)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Ils passent toujours la même merde à la radio.They always play the same shit on the radio.
b. god-awful mess (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Avec la panne de réseau, les paiements par carte ne marchaient plus. C’était la merde !Because of the network outage, card payments weren't working anymore. It was a god-awful mess!
c. shit show (vulgar) (United States)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Regionalism used in the United States.
Pitié ! Tu peux m'aider à gérer cette merde ?Mercy! Can you help me handle this shit show?
d. shitshow (vulgar) (United States)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Regionalism used in the United States.
La tempête a coupé l'électricité : c'était la merde dans tout le quartier.The storm cut off the electricity: the whole neighborhood was a shitshow.
e. shit-show (vulgar) (United States)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Regionalism used in the United States.
Depuis le départ de Julie, c'est la merde !Since Julie left, it's been a shit-show!
f. bloody mess (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom.
Entre les travaux, les déviations et les bouchons, c'est la merde pour circuler.Between roadworks, diversions, and tailbacks, it's a bloody mess trying to get around.
An interjection is a short utterance that expresses emotion, hesitation, or protest (e.g., Allez !).
5. (vulgar) (used to express anger)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
b. crap (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Merde, le train vient de partir.Crap, the train just left.
6. (colloquial) (used to express encouragement)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. break a leg (idiom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Merde pour ton concert ce soir !Break a leg at your concert tonight!
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