pardon
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interjection
- excuse me
- sorry
noun
- pardon, forgiveness
Used in the library
- Vers le soir, le vent se réveilla et une fraîcheur délicieuse descendit sur la terre comme un pardon.In the evening, the wind woke up and a delicious freshness descended on the earth as a forgiveness.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- «Pardon de quoi? demanda-t-elle."For what? She asked.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- – Pardon! mère, oh! mille fois pardon!- I'm sorry! Mother, oh! A thousand times sorry!B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Même ses mains, dispensatrices de pardons miraculeux, étaient des mains de laboureur, aux veines gonflées sous la peau brune.Even his hands, who provided miraculous forgiveness, were plowing hands, with veins swollen under brown skin.B1Maria Chapdelaine
Other ways to say it
Apologising and excusing yourself
- pardonsorryFor bumping into somebody, or squeezing past.
Asking somebody to say it again
- pardonsorry?With a rising tone it means say that again. Doubles as an apology.