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
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This child is a real little devil.
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What the devil are you doing here at this hour?
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The devil is in the details.
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But where the devil did you put my keys?
lunettes.
That little devil has hidden my glasses again.
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