Epithet
//ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt//
Translations of "epithet" (33 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ἐπίθετον(term used to characterize a person or thing), ἐπίθετον(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person) | epítheton, epítheton | |
| Arabic | صِفَة(term used to characterize a person or thing), صِفَة(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person) | ṣifa, ṣifa | |
| Armenian | մակդիր(term used to characterize a person or thing) | makdir | |
| Belarusian | эпі́тэт(term used to characterize a person or thing) | epítet | |
| Bulgarian | епитет(term used to characterize a person or thing), прякор(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), ругатня(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase) | epitet, prjakor, rugatnja | |
| Catalan | epítet(term used to characterize a person or thing), epítet(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), epítet(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 修飾語 /修饰语(term used to characterize a person or thing), 稱號 /称号(term used to characterize a person or thing), 綽號 /绰号(term used to characterize a person or thing) | xiūshìyǔ, chēnghào, chuòhào | |
| Czech | epiteton(term used to characterize a person or thing) | — | |
| Danish | epitet(term used to characterize a person or thing), skældsord(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase), tilnavn(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person) | — | |
| Dutch | epitheton(term used to characterize a person or thing), epitheton(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), epitheton(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species), scheldnaam(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase), schimpnaam(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase), toenaam(term used to characterize a person or thing) | — | |
| Esperanto | epiteto(term used to characterize a person or thing) | — | |
| Finnish | alalajinimi(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species), epiteetti(term used to characterize a person or thing), epiteetti(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), haukkumanimi(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase), lajinimi(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species), liikanimi(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), mainesana(term used to characterize a person or thing) | — | |
| French | épithète(term used to characterize a person or thing), épithète(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), épithète(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase) | — | |
| Georgian | ეპითეტი(term used to characterize a person or thing) | eṗiteṭi | |
| German | Attribut(term used to characterize a person or thing), Beiname(term used to characterize a person or thing), Beiname(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), Beiwort(term used to characterize a person or thing), Beiwort(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), Epitheton(term used to characterize a person or thing), Epitheton(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species), Schimpfname(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase), Schimpfwort(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase), Spitzname(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person) | — | |
| Greek | επίθετο(term used to characterize a person or thing) | epítheto | |
| Hungarian | epitéta(term used to characterize a person or thing), jelző(term used to characterize a person or thing) | — | |
| Italian | epiteto(term used to characterize a person or thing), epiteto(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), epiteto(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase), epiteto(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species) | — | |
| Japanese | あだ名(term used to characterize a person or thing), 渾名(term used to characterize a person or thing) | adana | |
| Kazakh | эпитет(term used to characterize a person or thing), эпитет(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species) | épitet, épitet | |
| Latvian | epitets(term used to characterize a person or thing), epitets(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | epitet(term used to characterize a person or thing), epitet(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | epitet(term used to characterize a person or thing), epitet(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species) | — | |
| Persian | صفت(term used to characterize a person or thing), گواسه(term used to characterize a person or thing) | sefat, govâse | |
| Polish | epitet(term used to characterize a person or thing), epitet(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), epitet(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase) | — | |
| Portuguese | epíteto(term used to characterize a person or thing) | — | |
| Romanian | epitet(term used to characterize a person or thing) | — | |
| Russian | эпи́тет(term used to characterize a person or thing), эпи́тет(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species) | epítet, epítet | |
| Slovene | pridevek(term used to characterize a person or thing) | — | |
| Spanish | epíteto(term used to characterize a person or thing), epíteto específico(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species) | — | |
| Swedish | epitet(term used to characterize a person or thing) | — | |
| Tamil | அடைமொழி(term used to characterize a person or thing), அடைமொழி(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person), வன்சொல்(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase) | aṭaimoḻi, aṭaimoḻi, vaṉcol | |
| Ukrainian | епі́тет(term used to characterize a person or thing) | epítet |
epítet, epítet, epítet
epiteton
epitet, skældsord, tilnavn
epitheton, epitheton, epitheton, scheldnaam, schimpnaam, toenaam
epiteto
alalajinimi, epiteetti, epiteetti, haukkumanimi, lajinimi, liikanimi, mainesana
épithète, épithète, épithète
Attribut, Beiname, Beiname, Beiwort, Beiwort, Epitheton, Epitheton, Schimpfname, Schimpfwort, Spitzname
epitéta, jelző
epiteto, epiteto, epiteto, epiteto
epitets, epitets
epitet, epitet
epitet, epitet
epitet, epitet, epitet
epíteto
epitet
pridevek
epíteto, epíteto específico
epitet
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