eufemisme

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əw.fəˈmiz.mə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ew.feˈmiz.me/

Noun

eufemisme m (plural eufemismes)

  1. euphemism

Further reading


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 (, well) + φήμη (phḗmē, a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk), from φάναι (phánai, to speak, say).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eu‧fe‧mis‧me

Noun

eufemisme n (plural eufemismen, diminutive eufemismetje n)

  1. euphemism

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch eufemisme

Noun

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

  1. euphemism

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • evfemisme

Noun

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

  1. a euphemism

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • evfemisme

Noun

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

  1. a euphemism

References

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