avoir le cafard

French

Etymology

This term originated from poetry writer Beaudelaire, in "Les Fleurs du mal" in 1857. Le cafard came to mean an extreme depression or sense of pointlessness.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.vwaʁ lə ka.faʁ/

Verb

avoir le cafard

to have the blues, to feel blue

Conjugation

see avoir

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