épater le bourgeois

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French épater (“amaze”) le (“the”) bourgeois (“a member of the middle class”).

Verb

épater le bourgeois

  1. (literary) To scandalize, provoke the middle class.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.pa.te l(ə) buʁ.ʒwa/

Verb

épater le bourgeois

  1. (idiomatic) to shake (or shock) middle-class attitudes

Conjugation

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