What does merde in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word merde in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use merde in French.
The word merde in French means shit, crap, shit, shit, cock-up, balls-up, shitstorm, shitshow, shit, crap, Break a leg!, screw up, be a shit, behave like a shit, screw up, have s***ty taste, have crappy taste, goddammit, everyone has their own problems, trap, cakehole, gob, Not a hope in hell!, crappy, s***ty, tell to go to hell, clodhopper, Oh s***!, be in the s***, be up to your neck in s***, muckraker, dirt digger, get into deep s***, land in deep s***, land in the s***, s***-stir, For crying out loud! For goodness' sake!, Holy s***!, What a mess!, treat like s***. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word merde
shit, crapnom féminin (très familier (excrément solide) (excrement: vulgar, slang) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Après le passage des chevaux, il y avait de la merde partout. ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Yuck! I've got dog mess on my shoe! |
shitinterjection (très familier (dépit, colère) (vulgar, slang) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") Eh, merde ! J'ai cassé ma montre. Shit! I've broken my watch. |
shitnom féminin (très familier, figuré (chose sans valeur) (vulgar, slang) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Arrête d'acheter des merdes. Stop buying shit. |
cock-up, balls-upnom féminin (très familier, figuré (problème, ennui) (UK, vulgar, slang) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Il y a eu une merde avec le train, il est arrivé avec une heure de retard. There was a cock-up with the train; it arrived an hour late. |
shitstorm, shitshownom féminin (très familier, figuré (situation délicate) (vulgar, slang) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Tu parles d'une merde ! Je ne vois pas comment nous allons nous en sortir ! What a shitstorm! I don't know how we're going to get out of this. |
shit, crapnom féminin (très familier, figuré (pollution) (figurative, vulgar, slang) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) L'usine rejette sa merde dans le lac. The factory discharges all its shit into the lake. |
Break a leg!interjection (familier (bonne chance) (theatre) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") Merde pour ton BAC ! lui dit sa mère. 'Good luck in your exams!' his mother said to him. |
screw upverbe intransitif (familier (échouer, mal fonctionner) (vulgar, slang) (phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.") Je ne sais pas ce qui a merdé mais tout est a refaire. |
be a shit, behave like a shitverbe intransitif (familier (mal se comporter) (vulgar, offensive, slang) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Ok, je n’aurais jamais dû larguer ma copine par SMS, je sais, j’ai merdé. |
screw upverbe transitif (familier (mal faire [qch]) (vulgar, slang) (phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.") J'ai merdé ce plan, la maison ne pourra pas être construite comme ça. |
have s***ty tastelocution verbale (vulgaire (avoir mauvais goût) (vulgar, slang) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
have crappy tastelocution verbale (vulgaire (avoir mauvais goût) (vulgar, informal) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
goddammitinterjection (vulgaire (juron) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") |
everyone has their own problems(très familier (on a tous nos problèmes) (expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
trap, cakehole, gobnom masculin invariable (argot, vulgaire (bouche) (slang) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Mais ferme ton claque merde ! |
Not a hope in hell!interjection (argot, vulgaire (pas question) (informal) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") Ton petit frère veut que je lui prête ma voiture de sport : de la merde ! |
crappy, s***tylocution adjectivale (vulgaire (merdique, très mauvais) (vulgar, offensive, slang) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") |
tell to go to helllocution verbale (vulgaire (envoyer [qqn] promener) (slang) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
clodhoppernom féminin invariable (argot (grosse chaussure) (shoe) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Je me demande comment elle fait pour marcher avec ces écrase-merde. |
Oh s***!interjection (familier (et zut !) |
be in the s***locution verbale (familier (avoir des ennuis) (vulgar, slang) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Il est ruiné, il est vraiment dans la merde. |
be up to your neck in s***locution verbale (familier (avoir beaucoup d'ennuis) (figurative, vulgar, slang) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Elle est dans la merde jusqu'au cou depuis qu'elle a perdu son travail. |
muckraker, dirt diggernom masculin et féminin invariable (familier (fouineur) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Je sens que ce fouille-merde va créer des problèmes dans le service. |
get into deep s***, land in deep s***, land in the s***locution verbale (vulgaire (embarrasser) (figurative, vulgar, offensive) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
s***-stirlocution verbale (vulgaire (semer la zizanie) (vulgar, slang) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") |
For crying out loud! For goodness' sake!interjection (familier (Zut !) (exasperation) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") |
Holy s***!interjection (vulgaire (juron) (vulgar) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") |
What a mess!interjection (familier (Situation très mauvaise) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") |
treat like s***locution verbale (très familier, vulgaire (traiter indignement) (vulgar) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
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