Expletive
//ˈɛksplətɪv//
Translations of "expletive" (10 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | вмъкнат(serving to fill up), вмъкната дума(word added to fill a syntactic position) | vmǎknat, vmǎknata duma | |
| Catalan | expletiu(serving to fill up) | — | |
| Dutch | expletief(marked by phrase-fillers), opvullend(serving to fill up), vol krachttermen(marked by phrase-fillers), expletief (woord)(word that adds strength to a phrase), opvulling(word added to fill a syntactic position), vulsel(word added to fill a syntactic position) | — | |
| Finnish | lisä(serving to fill up), täyte(serving to fill up), täyttävä(serving to fill up), täytesana(word added to fill a syntactic position), voimasana(word that adds strength to a phrase) | — | |
| French | explétif(serving to fill up) | — | |
| German | Füllwort(serving to fill up), Expletiv(word added to fill a syntactic position), Expletivum(word added to fill a syntactic position) | — | |
| Italian | espletivo(marked by phrase-fillers), pleonastico(serving to fill up), riempitivo(serving to fill up) | — | |
| Portuguese | expletivo(serving to fill up), expletiva(word added to fill a syntactic position), expletivo(word added to fill a syntactic position) | — | |
| Spanish | expletivo(serving to fill up), expletivo(word added to fill a syntactic position), expletivo(word that adds strength to a phrase) | — | |
| Swedish | kraftuttryck(word that adds strength to a phrase) | — |
expletiu
expletief, opvullend, vol krachttermen, expletief (woord), opvulling, vulsel
lisä, täyte, täyttävä, täytesana, voimasana
explétif
Füllwort, Expletiv, Expletivum
espletivo, pleonastico, riempitivo
expletivo, expletiva, expletivo
expletivo, expletivo, expletivo
kraftuttryck
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