euphémisme
French edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin euphemismos (“euphemism”), from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós), from εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō), from εὔφημος (eúphēmos, “uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk”), from φάναι (phánai, “to speak, say”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ø.fe.mism/, /ø.fe.mizm/
Audio (Paris) (file) Audio (file) - Homophone: euphémismes
- Hyphenation: eu‧phé‧misme
Noun edit
euphémisme m (plural euphémismes)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “euphémisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.