pardoning my French

A form of pardon my French — To excuse the speaker's frankness of expression or profanity.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pardon my French
Cite this entry
APA

pardoning my French. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pardoning%20my%20French

MLA

“pardoning my French.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pardoning%20my%20French. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pardoning my French,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pardoning%20my%20French.

Source: pardoning my French on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.