perfide Albion
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]