perfide Albion
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First coined by the French poet and playwright Augustin Louis de Ximénès at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
perfide Albion f (uncountable)
Usage notes[edit]
See quotes in Albion, including its first use by De Ximénès.
Further reading[edit]
- "perfide Albion", Dictionnaire des francophones [1]