noun, masculine/djabl/plural: diables
devil; rogue, (old) devil; hand truck
“... l'ensemble a l'aspect d'une brouette ou d'un diable, mais ne peut être que tiré, car, en poussant, la roue sortirait ...” — ... the whole has the appearance of a wheelbarrow or a hand truck, but can only be pulled, because, when pushed, the wheel would come out ...
Inherited from Middle French diable, from Old French diable, deable, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
proper noun/djabl/
the Devil
Inherited from Middle French diable, from Old French diable, deable, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
interjection/djabl/
dash it!, deuce!
Inherited from Middle French diable, from Old French diable, deable, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
adverb/djabl/
the hell, on earth, intensifies interrogatives
“pourquoi diable” — why on earth
Inherited from Middle French diable, from Old French diable, deable, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).