eufemisme
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós).
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Further reading
- “eufemisme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “eufemisme” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “eufemisme” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “eufemisme” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Recorded since 1656; 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
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: eu‧fe‧mis‧me
Indonesian
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- evfemisme
Noun
eufemisme m (definite singular eufemismen, indefinite plural eufemismer, definite plural eufemismene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- evfemisme
Noun
eufemisme m (definite singular eufemismen, indefinite plural eufemismar, definite plural eufemismane)
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References
- “eufemisme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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