French · Sports & the Stands
Allez les Bleus !
a-LAY lay BLUH · /a.le le blø/
Go France! / Come on France!
1/5 Grandma-safe
mild, playful; fine on daytime TV
Literally
"Go the Blues"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
Not a curse at all — the national-team cheer, "les Bleus" being France in their blue kit. Included because it's the phrase you'll be surrounded by (and want to join) at any French sporting moment. Clean, joyous, and the friendly counterweight to all the terrace abuse around it.
Heard in the wild
Ça commence ! Allez les Bleus !
It's starting! Go France!
Where it lands
France (universal)
Quick answers
- What does "Allez les Bleus !" mean?
- In French, "Allez les Bleus !" means "Go France! / Come on France!". Literally it's "Go the Blues". Not a curse at all — the national-team cheer, "les Bleus" being France in their blue kit. Included because it's the phrase you'll be surrounded by (and want to join) at any French sporting moment. Clean, joyous, and the friendly counterweight to all the terrace abuse around it.
- Is "Allez les Bleus !" offensive?
- It's on the mild end — 1/5 (Grandma-safe) on the Punch-o-Meter. mild, playful; fine on daytime TV.
- How do you pronounce "Allez les Bleus !"?
- Say it "a-LAY lay BLUH" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: a.le le blø.
Related in French
Ça déchire ! sa day-SHEER That rocks! / That's awesome! C'est de la balle ! say duh la BAL It's the bomb! / Awesome! Grave ! GRAHV Totally! / For real! / So much (intensifier) Putain, c'est trop bien ! poo-TAN say troh BYAN F***, this is so good! La classe ! la KLASS Classy! / So cool! / Stylish! On les a niqués ! ohn lay za nee-KAY We destroyed them! / We smashed them!
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "Hell yes".
- German Geil! Awesome! / Sick! / Hell yes!
- Greek ώπα Oops! / Hey, watch it! / Let's go! — NOT mainly the plate-smashing tourist cheer.
- Italian Grande! Nice one! / You legend! / Way to go!
- Japanese やった Yes! / I did it! / We won!
- Korean 아싸! Yes! / score! — the fist-pump syllables.
- Polish zajebisty Fucking awesome / badass — the great slang-POSITIVE of the jebać family.
- Portuguese Que massa! How cool! / Awesome!
- Russian Офигенно! Freaking awesome! / Amazing!
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