gosh

English

Etymology

Euphemism (or minced oath) for God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɒʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Interjection

gosh

1. (minced oath) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm as to be put in place of “God”, particularly in fear of saying the Lord’s name in vain.

   Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!

   Gosh, I’d love to go to that concert!

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:wow

Translations

mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm

• Armenian: Աստվա՜ծ իմ (Astva^!c im)
• Catalan: ostres (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唉 (zh) (āi), 啊呀 (zh) (āyā)

• Finnish: jukra (fi), jumpe (fi), juku (fi), samperi (fi), peijakas (fi)
• French: bon sang (fr)
• German: meine Güte, Mensch (de), Mann (de)
• Greek: αμάν (el) (amán)
• Hiligaynon: abá
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• Italian: perbacco (it), accidenti (it), diamine, accipicchia (it)
• Maori: aeha, ēhe, ai, wī
• Norwegian: jøss, jøsses, jøssenam
• Polish: kurczę (pl), o matko
• Portuguese: meu Deus (pt), nossa (pt)!, poxa (pt), puxa (pt), caramba! (pt) f, com a breca!
• Russian: (О) Бо́же (ru) (Bóže)!
• Spanish: Dios mío, caramba (es), cáspita, jolines (es), joroba (es), caracoles (es), pardiez
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• damn

Anagrams

• GOHs, GSOH, GoHs, Gohs, gsoh, hogs, shog