Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pardonnez mon français

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-don-nez -mon fran-cais
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

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Synonym of pardon my French.

Humorous

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Etymology

From a French calque of pardon my French, perhaps from the irony of using actual French to apologize for the "French" (obscenity) the speaker worries might cause offense.

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What does pardonnez mon français mean?
Synonym of pardon my French.
Where does pardonnez mon français come from?
It is traced to French.

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