swear word

See also: swearword

English

Alternative forms

swearword

Noun

swear word (plural swear words)

A word considered taboo and impolite or offensive.
When I heard swear words from the next room, I decided to keep my distance.

Synonyms

(in the singular): curse, curse word, cuss, dirty word, expletive, four-letter word, oath
(in the plural): the plurals of all the synonyms for the singular form, as well as the following, which are all uncountable: bad language, French, strong language, swearing
See also Thesaurus:swearword

Translations

impolite or offensive taboo word

Arabic: بَذَاءَة‎ f (baḏāʾa)
Bulgarian: клетва (bg) f (kletva)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 粗口 (cou¹ hau²)

Mandarin: 粗話 (zh), 粗话 (zh) (cūhuà), 髒字 (zh), 脏字 (zh) (zāngzì), 三字經 (zh), 三字经 (zh) (sānzìjīng) ("Three Character Classic"), 罵人話, 骂人话 (màrénhuà)
Czech: sprosté slovo
Danish: bandeord n, ed (da) c, kraftudtryk n
Dutch: vloek (nl) m, scheldwoord (nl) n, krachtterm (nl), verwensing (nl)
Esperanto: fivorto
Finnish: kirosana (fi)
French: juron (fr) m, gros mot (fr) m
Georgian: საგინებელი სიტყვა (saginebeli siṭq̇va), სალანძღავი სიტყვა (salanʒɣavi siṭq̇va)
German: Schimpfwort (de) n, Fluch (de) m, Kraftausdruck (de) m, Schimpfwort (de) n
Greek: βρισιά (el) f (vrisiá)
Hebrew: קללה‎ (he) f (klala)
Hungarian: csúnya szó, káromkodás (hu)
Icelandic: blótsyrði (is) n
Indonesian: kata makian, makian (id), umpatan (id), kata-kata kasar
Irish: eascaine (ga) f, mionn mór m, tiomna (ga) m, crístín m, diairmín m
Italian: parolaccia (it) f
Japanese: 卑語 (ja) (higo), 罵り言葉 (nonoshiri kotoba)
Javanese: pisuhan
Kurdish: sixêf (ku), dijûn (ku), dijmîn (ku), xeber (ku), çêrr (ku), zêf (ku), zêv (ku), mirqî (ku), kufrî (ku)
Macedonian: пцост f (pcost), пцо́вка f (pcóvka)

Maori: kohukohu
Norwegian: ed (no) m, kraftuttrykk (no) n
Bokmål: kraftuttrykk (no) n, banneord (no) n

Nynorsk: bannord n
Persian: فحش‎ (fa) (fohš)
Polish: przekleństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: palavrão (pt) m
Romanian: înjurătură (ro) f
Russian: руга́тельство (ru) n (rugátelʹstvo), руга́тельное сло́во n (rugátelʹnoje slóvo), неприли́чное сло́во n (neprilíčnoje slóvo), бра́нное сло́во n (bránnoje slóvo), сло́во из трёх букв (ru) n (slóvo iz trjox bukv), сло́во на три бу́квы n (slóvo na tri búkvy), трёхэта́жное сло́во n (trjoxetážnoje slóvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: псо̑вка f, по̏грда f

Roman: psȏvka (sh) f, pȍgrda (sh) f
Slovak: nadávka f
Spanish: palabrota (es) f, (Chile) garabato (es) m, (Latin America) grosería (es) f, (Peru) lisura (es) f, (Latin America) mala palabra f, (Spain) taco (es) m, palabro, ordinariez f
Swedish: svordom (sv) c, svärord (sv) n (colloquial)
Tagalog: alpog, mura
Tamil: கெட்ட வார்த்தை (ta) (keṭṭa vārttai)
Telugu: తిట్టు (te) (tiṭṭu)
Thai: คำสบถ
Turkish: küfür (tr)

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Dutch: (1) ^{(please verify)} eed (nl) n