εὐφημισμός noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
ὑποκόρισμα noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Armenian

1 entries

մեղմասացություն noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Asturian

1 entries

eufemismu noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Bulgarian

1 entries

евфеми́зъм noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Catalan

2 entries

eufemisme noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemisme noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

委婉語 /委婉语 noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
委婉語 /委婉语 noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
婉詞 /婉词 noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
婉詞 /婉词 noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Czech

2 entries

eufemismus noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemismus noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Danish

2 entries

eufemisme noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemisme noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Dutch

3 entries

eufemisme noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemisme noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
verbloeming noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Esperanto

4 entries

evitvorto noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eŭfemismo noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eŭfemismo noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
ĉirkaŭparolo noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Finnish

4 entries

eufemismi noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemismi noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
kiertoilmaisu noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
kiertoilmaisu noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

French

2 entries

euphémisme noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
euphémisme noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Galician

2 entries

eufemismo noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemismo noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Georgian

2 entries

ევფემიზმი noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
ევფემიზმი noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

German

2 entries

Euphemismus noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
Euphemismus noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Greek

2 entries

ευφημισμός noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
ευφημισμός noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Hebrew

1 entries

לָשׁוֹן נְקִיָּה noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Hungarian

2 entries

eufemizmus noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemizmus noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Icelandic

1 entries

veigrunarorð noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Indonesian

1 entries

eufemisme noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Irish

1 entries

sofhriotal noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Italian

2 entries

eufemismo noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemismo noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Japanese

2 entries

婉曲法 noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
婉曲表現 noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Kazakh

2 entries

сыпайы сөз noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
эвфемизм noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Korean

4 entries

돌려 말하기 noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
완곡어 noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
완곡어법 noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
완곡한 표현 noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

эвфемизм noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Latin

1 entries

euphemismus noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Latvian

1 entries

eifēmisms noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Macedonian

2 entries

еуфеми́зам noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
еуфеми́зам noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Malay

1 entries

bahasa halus noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Mongolian

2 entries

цээрлэл noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
цээрлэл noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Māori

1 entries

kupu whakamauru noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

eufemisme noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemisme noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
evfemisme noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
evfemisme noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

eufemisme noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemisme noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
evfemisme noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
evfemisme noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Polish

3 entries

eufemizacja noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemizm noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
melioratyw noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Portuguese

2 entries

eufemismo noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemismo noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Romanian

2 entries

eufemism noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemism noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Russian

2 entries

эвфеми́зм noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
эвфеми́зм noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Slovak

1 entries

eufemizmus noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Spanish

2 entries

eufemismo noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemismo noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Swedish

2 entries

eufemism noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
eufemism noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Tagalog

2 entries

pahiman noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
pahiman noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Turkish

3 entries

öfemizm noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
öfemizm noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
örtmece noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Ukrainian

1 entries

евфемі́зм noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)

Vietnamese

1 entries

uyển ngữ noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Volapük

1 entries

föemot noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Welsh

3 entries

gair llednais noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)
lledneiseb noun (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive)
mwythair noun (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way)

Sample sentences

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Is that a euphemism for something?

Source: tatoeba (2063198)

The term "ministry of defense" is considered by many to be a euphemism for what was earlier called the "ministry of war".

Source: tatoeba (2813390)

That's a euphemism.

Source: tatoeba (3155962)

"Collateral damage" is a euphemism for killing innocent people to protect capital.

Source: tatoeba (5342504)

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