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diable

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nouncolloquialmasculine
  1. devil
  2. rogue, (old) devil
  3. hand truck
name
  1. the Devil
interjectiondated
  1. dash it!, deuce!
adverbcolloquial
  1. the hell, on earth, intensifies interrogatives

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  • Il y a eu un temps que je sacrais pas mal, et m. le curé Tremblay m'a disputé une fois parce que j'avais dit devant lui que je n'avais pas peur du diable.There's been a while I'd sack a lot, and m. Curé Tremblay once argued with me because I had said in front of him that I was not afraid of the devil.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • Que diable!What the hell!B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • – De par le diable, Monsieur, finissons-en!"By the devil, sir, let us finish it!"B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • Le diable était toujours à leur service pour faire des prophéties.The devil was always at their service to make prophecies.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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