obscen

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French obscène, from Latin obscenus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obˈst͡ʃen/

Adjective

obscen m or n (feminine singular obscenă, masculine plural obsceni, feminine and neuter plural obscene)

1. obscene

Declension

Declension of obscen

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	obscen		obscenă	obsceni	obscene
	definite	obscenul		obscena	obscenii	obscenele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	obscen		obscene	obsceni	obscene
	definite	obscenului		obscenei	obscenelor	obscenilor

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Latin obscēnus, obscaenus, further origin disputed. One theory is ob- + caenum. Cognate of French obscène, German obszön.

Adjective

obscen (comparative mer obscen, superlative mest obscen)

1. obscene

Declension

Inflection of obscen
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	obscen	mer obscen	mest obscen
Neuter singular	obscent	mer obscent	mest obscent
Plural	obscena	mer obscena	mest obscena
Masculine plural3	obscene	mer obscena	mest obscena
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	obscene	mer obscene	mest obscene
All	obscena	mer obscena	mest obscena
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• obscenitet

References

• obscen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• obscen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• obscen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• obscen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)