Grammatical class

Noun

diable

(religion, mythology) devil

Details

Syllables

dia-ble

Phonetics

djabl

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

13608

Freq. (movies)

7089

Freq. (news)

7802

Sentences

Que diable ?

What the deuce?

A1

Va au diable.

Go to hell.

A1

Va au diable !

Go to hell!

A1

Au diable la loi.

Fuck the law.

A1

Au diable Noël !

Fuck Christmas!

A2

Au diable, ceux-ci !

To hell with these ones!

A2

Au diable l’avarice !

Hang the expense!

B1

Je me fais juste l'avocat du diable.

I'm just playing the devil's advocate.

B1

Cet homme a vendu son âme au diable.

The man sold his soul to the devil.

B1

Le diable se rit de chacun de leurs pas.

The devil mocks their every step.

B1

En milieu d’après-midi, juste avant la pluie, un ouvrier ramasse le café de consommation à l’aide d’un « diable », une sorte de repoussoir en bois qui a la forme d’une caisse ouverte, qu’il pousse devant lui.

By mid-afternoon, just before the rain, a worker picks the coffee for consumption with the aid of a "devil", a kind of trolley of wood in the form of an open box, which is pushed before you.

B2

Au diable la grammaire !

Grammar be hanged.

C1