perfide Albion

French

Etymology

First coined by the French poet and playwright Augustin Louis de Ximénès at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.fid al.bjɔ̃/
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Proper noun

perfide Albion f (uncountable)

  1. Perfidious Albion

Usage notes

See quotes in Albion, including its first use by De Ximénès.

Further reading
  • "perfide Albion", Dictionnaire des francophones
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