ciboire
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ciborium. Doublet of ciborium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.bwaʁ/
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Noun
ciboire m (plural ciboires)
- the ciborium cup
Interjection
ciboire
- (Quebec) a mild profanity
- 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 53:
- Ciboire ! Il a joui en l'étranglant ! C'est un hostie de malade !
- Holy shit! He came while strangling him. He's a fuckin' nutcase!
Further reading
- “ciboire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.