eufemisme

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əw.fəˈmiz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ew.feˈmiz.me]

Noun

eufemisme m (plural eufemismes)

1. euphemism

Related terms

• eufemístic

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, 2024
• “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.

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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

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• Hyphenation: eu‧fe‧mis‧me

Noun

eufemisme n (plural eufemismen, diminutive eufemismetje n)

1. euphemism

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch eufemisme

Noun

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

1. euphemism

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• evfemisme

Noun

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

1. a euphemism

Related terms

• eufemistisk

References

• “eufemisme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• evfemisme

Noun

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

1. a euphemism

Related terms

• eufemistisk

References

• “eufemisme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.