Euphemism
//ˈjuː.fəˌmɪz.əm//
Translations of "euphemism" (48 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | εὐφημισμός(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), ὑποκόρισμα(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | euphēmismós, hupokórisma | |
| Armenian | մեղմասացություն(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | meġmasacʻutʻyun | |
| Asturian | eufemismu(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Bulgarian | евфеми́зъм(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | evfemízǎm | |
| Catalan | eufemisme(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemisme(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 委婉語 /委婉语(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), 委婉語 /委婉语(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), 婉詞 /婉词(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), 婉詞 /婉词(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), 婉辭 /婉辞(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), 婉辭 /婉辞(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | wěiwǎnyǔ, wěiwǎnyǔ, wǎncí, wǎncí, wǎncí, wǎncí | |
| Czech | eufemismus(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemismus(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Danish | eufemisme(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemisme(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Dutch | eufemisme(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemisme(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), verbloeming(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Esperanto | evitvorto(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eŭfemismo(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eŭfemismo(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), ĉirkaŭparolo(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Finnish | eufemismi(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemismi(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), kiertoilmaisu(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), kiertoilmaisu(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), kiertoilmaus(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), kiertoilmaus(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| French | euphémisme(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), euphémisme(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Galician | eufemismo(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemismo(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Georgian | ევფემიზმი(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), ევფემიზმი(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | evpemizmi, evpemizmi | |
| German | Euphemismus(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), Euphemismus(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Greek | ευφημισμός(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), ευφημισμός(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | effimismós, effimismós | |
| Hebrew | לָשׁוֹן נְקִיָּה(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | lashón n'qiyá | |
| Hungarian | eufemizmus(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemizmus(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Icelandic | veigrunarorð(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Indonesian | eufemisme(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Irish | sofhriotal(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Italian | eufemismo(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemismo(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Japanese | 婉曲法(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), 婉曲表現(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | enkyokuhō, enkyoku hyōgen | |
| Kazakh | сыпайы сөз(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), эвфемизм(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | sypaiy söz, évfemizm | |
| Korean | 돌려 말하기(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), 완곡어(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), 완곡어법(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), 완곡한 표현(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | dollyeo malhagi, wan'gogeo, wan'gogeobeop, wan'gokhan pyohyeon | |
| Kyrgyz | эвфемизм(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | evfemizm | |
| Latin | euphemismus(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Latvian | eifēmisms(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Macedonian | еуфеми́зам(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), еуфеми́зам(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | eufemízam, eufemízam | |
| Malay | bahasa halus(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Māori | kupu whakamauru(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Mongolian | цээрлэл(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), цээрлэл(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | ceerlel, ceerlel | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | eufemisme(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemisme(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), evfemisme(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), evfemisme(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | eufemisme(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemisme(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), evfemisme(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), evfemisme(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Polish | eufemizacja(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemizm(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), melioratyw(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Portuguese | eufemismo(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemismo(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Romanian | eufemism(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemism(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Russian | эвфеми́зм(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), эвфеми́зм(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | evfemízm, evfemízm | |
| Slovak | eufemizmus(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Spanish | eufemismo(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemismo(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Swedish | eufemism(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), eufemism(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Tagalog | pahiman(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), pahiman(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Tibetan | ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig, tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig | |
| Turkish | öfemizm(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), öfemizm(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), örtmece(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | — | |
| Ukrainian | евфемі́зм(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive) | evfemízm | |
| Vietnamese | uyển ngữ(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Volapük | föemot(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — | |
| Welsh | gair llednais(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way), lledneiseb(use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive), mwythair(word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way) | — |
eufemismu
eufemisme, eufemisme
委婉語 /委婉语, 委婉語 /委婉语, 婉詞 /婉词, 婉詞 /婉词, 婉辭 /婉辞, 婉辭 /婉辞
wěiwǎnyǔ, wěiwǎnyǔ, wǎncí, wǎncí, wǎncí, wǎncí
eufemismus, eufemismus
eufemisme, eufemisme
eufemisme, eufemisme, verbloeming
evitvorto, eŭfemismo, eŭfemismo, ĉirkaŭparolo
eufemismi, eufemismi, kiertoilmaisu, kiertoilmaisu, kiertoilmaus, kiertoilmaus
euphémisme, euphémisme
eufemismo, eufemismo
Euphemismus, Euphemismus
eufemizmus, eufemizmus
veigrunarorð
eufemisme
sofhriotal
eufemismo, eufemismo
euphemismus
eifēmisms
bahasa halus
kupu whakamauru
eufemisme, eufemisme, evfemisme, evfemisme
eufemisme, eufemisme, evfemisme, evfemisme
eufemizacja, eufemizm, melioratyw
eufemismo, eufemismo
eufemism, eufemism
eufemizmus
eufemismo, eufemismo
eufemism, eufemism
pahiman, pahiman
öfemizm, öfemizm, örtmece
uyển ngữ
föemot
gair llednais, lledneiseb, mwythair
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