le

masculine

/djabl/

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Translation

devil

Word origin

From Latin diabolus, itself borrowed from Greek diabolos ('slanderer, accuser'), from diaballein ('to throw across, slander'). The same Greek source gives English devil and diabolical.

Origin: Greek
Root: diabolos
English cognates: devil, diabolical

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraldiables

Examples

Cet .

This child is a real little devil.

- cette ?

What the devil are you doing here at this hour?

The devil is in the details.

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But where the devil did you put my keys?

That little devil has hidden my glasses again.

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This word is part of lesson 18.