English
Noun
euphemism (countable and uncountable, plural euphemisms)
- (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.
- (countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.
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Translations
use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive
- Bulgarian: евфеми́зъм m (evfemízǎm)
- Catalan: eufemisme m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 委婉語 (zh), 委婉语 (zh) (wěiwǎnyǔ), 婉辭 (zh), 婉辞 (zh) (wǎncí), 婉詞 (zh), 婉词 (zh) (wǎncí)
- Czech: eufemismus (cs) n
- Danish: eufemisme (da)
- Dutch: verbloeming, eufemisme (nl) n
- Esperanto: eŭfemismo (eo), evitvorto
- Finnish: kiertoilmaus (fi), kiertoilmaisu (fi), eufemismi (fi)
- French: euphémisme (fr) m
- Galician: eufemismo m
- Georgian:
- German: Euphemismus (de) m
- Greek: ευφημισμός (el) m (effimismós)
- Hungarian: eufemizmus (hu)
- Italian: eufemismo (it) m
- Japanese: 婉曲法 (えんきょくほう, enkyokuhō)
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word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way
- Armenian: մեղմասացություն (mełmasacʿutʿyun)
- Catalan: eufemisme m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 委婉語 (zh), 委婉语 (zh) (wěiwǎnyǔ), 婉辭 (zh), 婉辞 (zh) (wǎncí), 婉詞 (zh), 婉词 (zh) (wǎncí)
- Czech: eufemismus (cs) n
- Dutch: eufemisme (nl) n
- Finnish: kiertoilmaus (fi), kiertoilmaisu (fi), eufemismi (fi)
- French: euphémisme (fr) m
- Galician: eufemismo m
- German: Euphemismus (de) m
- Greek: ευφημισμός (el) m (effimismós)
- Icelandic: veigrunarorð n, fegrunarheiti n, skrautyrði n, skrauthvörf n
- Italian: eufemismo (it) m
- Japanese: 婉曲表現 (えんきょくひょうげん, enkyoku hyōgen)
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