Wiktionary

eufemisme

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eufemisme m (plural eufemismes)

  1. euphemism
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Further reading

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Danish

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Noun

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eufemisme c (singular definite eufemismen, plural indefinite eufemismer)

  1. euphemism

Inflection

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Declension of eufemisme
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eufemisme eufemismen eufemismer eufemismerne
genitive eufemismes eufemismens eufemismers eufemismernes

Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Recorded since 1656. Borrowed from French euphémisme, English euphemism (both from Ancient Greek) or directly from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós), from εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō), from εὔφημος (eúphēmos, “uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌœy̯.feːˈmɪs.mə/, /ˌœy̯.fəˈmɪs.mə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: eu‧fe‧mis‧me
  • Rhymes: -ɪsmə

Noun

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eufemisme n (plural eufemismen, diminutive eufemismetje n)

  1. euphemism

Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Dutch eufemisme.

Noun

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eufemisme (first-person possessive eufemismeku, second-person possessive eufemismemu, third-person possessive eufemismenya)

  1. euphemism

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Alternative forms

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Noun

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eufemisme m (definite singular eufemismen, indefinite plural eufemismer, definite plural eufemismene)

  1. a euphemism
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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms

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Noun

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eufemisme m (definite singular eufemismen, indefinite plural eufemismar, definite plural eufemismane)

  1. a euphemism
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References

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