merde

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French merde (“shit”). Doublet of mierda and merd. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛː(ɹ)d/ Rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)d === Noun === merde (uncountable) (mildly vulgar, chiefly humorous) Shit. === Anagrams === Meder, mered == Alemannic German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian merda (“shit, crap”). === Interjection === merde (Uri, vulgar) shit!, crap! === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 17. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French merde. === Interjection === merde (chiefly Belgium, vulgar) shit!, crap! == French == === Alternative forms === m*rde (censored) mrd (censored, Internet slang) marde (Canada) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛʁd/ (Quebec) IPA(key): [maʁd] === Interjection === merde (vulgar) shit!, crap! (theater) break a leg! === Noun === merde f (plural merdes) (vulgar) turd, piece of feces, shit shit (something undesirable or unwanted) shit (something of poor quality) (derogatory) a dickhead, a fuckhead, a bastard ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== emmerder merder merdeux ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: merde → English: merde === See also === chier déféquer === Further reading === “merde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “merde”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse “merde” in Dico en ligne Le Robert. == Italian == === Noun === merde f plural of merda == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French merde. === Noun === merde f (plural merdes) (vulgar) shit (feces) (figuratively) shit (something undesirable) ==== Descendants ==== French: merde→ Dutch: merde→ English: merde → English: merd == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === merde f (definite singular merda, indefinite plural merder, definite plural merdene) alternative form of merd m == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmer.de/, [ˈmerˠ.de] === Verb === merde (Anglian) inflection of merran: first/third-person singular preterite indicative singular preterite subjunctive == Old French == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin merda. === Noun === merde oblique singular, f (oblique plural merdes, nominative singular merde, nominative plural merdes) (vulgar) shit (feces) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: merde (see there for further descendants) Walloon: miere == Zazaki == === Noun === merde death