câlisse

See also: calisse and câlissé

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Quebec eye-dialect spelling of calice (“chalice”). As with other sacres, the semantic shift occurred due to the surrounding taboos on blasphemy in predominantly Catholic Quebec.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaː.lis/ ~ /kɑː.lis/
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Interjection

câlisse

  1. (Quebec, vulgar) expletive intensifier, usually said in astonishment or anger: fuck!
    Synonyms: ciboire, crisse, tabarnak

Verb

câlisse

  1. inflection of câlisser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Derived terms

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