bluebeard

indénombrable · nom propre

A proper noun referring to a monstrous villain from a fairy tale who marries seven women and kills the first six for disobedience.

• 🇫🇷Nom propre désignant le personnage cruel d'un conte, qui épouse sept femmes et tue les six premières pour avoir désobéi; par extension, un mari violent et meurtrier.

1. Fairytale Villain B2 formal

   A monstrous character from a European folktale who marries a series of women and murders them for disobeying his orders, typically forbidding them to enter a secret room.

   • In the story, Bluebeard gives his new wife a key to all the rooms but forbids her from entering one.
   • The tale of Bluebeard is a classic warning against curiosity and disobedience.
   • Bluebeard's wife discovers the bodies of his previous wives in the forbidden chamber.

   🇫🇷Barbe-Bleue

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• bluebeard's possessive singular form