pardon my French

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɑːdn̩ maɪ ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃ/
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• General-American: /ˌpɑɹd(ə)n maɪ ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃ/
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• rhymes with -ɛntʃ
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From the use of French to mean “vulgar language”, ostensibly because the words used are not in English.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِي (lā tuʔāḵiḏnī) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Arabic: أَسْتَمِيحُكَ عُذْرًا (ʔastamīḥuka ʕuḏran) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Arabic: اُعْذُرْنِي (uʕḏurnī) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Danish: undskyld mit franske — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Danish: undskyld sproget — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Finnish: anteeksi kielenkäyttöni — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• French: passez-moi l'expression — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• German: auf Deutsch gesagt — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• German: auf gut Deutsch — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• German: entschuldigen Sie meine Ausdrucksweise — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• German: mit Verlaub — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• German: verzeihen Sie den Ausdruck — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• German: wenn Sie den Ausdruck erlauben — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• German: wenn ich offen sprechen darf — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Greek: συγγνώμη για τα γαλλικά μου! (syngnómi gia ta galliká mou!) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Hungarian: bocsásson meg a világ — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Hungarian: ha szabad így kifejeznem magam — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Hungarian: ha szabad így mondanom — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Hungarian: már bocsánat — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Hungarian: már elnézést — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Italian: scusate il francesismo — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Italian: con rispetto parlando — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Italian: mi si passi l'espressione — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Japanese: 下品な言い方で恐縮だけど... (gehin na iikata de kyōshuku da kedo ...) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Macedonian: изви́нете за мо́ето изразу́вање (izvínete za móeto izrazúvanje) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Macedonian: изви́нете за и́зразот (izvínete za ízrazot) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Norwegian: unnskyld språket mitt — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Polish: za przeproszeniem — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Polish: z przeproszeniem — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Portuguese: com o perdão da palavra — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Portuguese: desculpa o palavreado — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Romanian: scuză-mi limbajul — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Romanian: scuzați-mi limbajul — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Russian: извини́те за мо́й францу́зский (izviníte za mój francúzskij) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Russian: извини́те за выраже́ние (izviníte za vyražénije) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Sicilian: scusannu a palora — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Sicilian: scusannu u francisìsimu — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Spanish: perdona mis garabatos — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Spanish: perdona mi francés — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Swahili: ashakum — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Swedish: ursäkta språket — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity
• Ukrainian: вибачте за мою французьку (vybačte za moju francuzʹku) — to excuse the speaker’s frankness of expression or profanity