"euphemism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈjuː.fəˌmɪz.əm/ Audio: en-us-euphemism.ogg [US] Forms: euphemisms [plural]
enPR: yoo͞ʹfə-mĭz'əm Etymology: Recorded since 1656; from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós), from εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō), from εὔφημος (eúphēmos, “uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk”), from φημί (phēmí, “to speak, say”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{der|en|grc|εὐφημισμός}} Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós), {{m|grc|εὐφημίζω}} εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō), {{m|grc|εὔφημος||uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words}} εὔφημος (eúphēmos, “uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words”), {{m|grc|εὖ||well}} εὖ (eû, “well”), {{m|grc|φήμη||a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk}} φήμη (phḗmē, “a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk”), {{m|grc|φημί||to speak, say}} φημί (phēmí, “to speak, say”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} euphemism (countable and uncountable, plural euphemisms)
  1. (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces. Tags: uncountable Translations (use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive): εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ὑποκόρισμα (hupokórisma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), евфеми́зъм (evfemízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), eufemisme [masculine] (Catalan), 委婉語 (Chinese Mandarin), 委婉语 (wěiwǎnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 婉辭 (Chinese Mandarin), 婉辞 (wǎncí) (Chinese Mandarin), 婉詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 婉词 (wǎncí) (Chinese Mandarin), eufemismus [masculine] (Czech), eufemisme (Danish), verbloeming (Dutch), eufemisme [neuter] (Dutch), eŭfemismo (Esperanto), evitvorto (Esperanto), ĉirkaŭparolo (Esperanto), kiertoilmaus (Finnish), kiertoilmaisu (Finnish), eufemismi (Finnish), euphémisme [masculine] (French), eufemismo [masculine] (Galician), ევფემიზმი (evpemizmi) (Georgian), Euphemismus [masculine] (German), ευφημισμός (effimismós) [masculine] (Greek), eufemizmus (Hungarian), eufemismo [masculine] (Italian), 婉曲法 (enkyokuhō) (alt: えんきょくほう) (Japanese), эвфемизм (évfemizm) (Kazakh), 완곡어법 (wan'gogeobeop) (Korean), 돌려 말하기 (dollyeo malhagi) (Korean), эвфемизм (evfemizm) (Kyrgyz), euphemismus [masculine] (Latin), eifēmisms [feminine] (Latvian), еуфеми́зам (eufemízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), bahasa halus (Malay), kupu whakamauru (Maori), цээрлэл (ceerlel) (Mongolian), eufemisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), evfemisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), eufemisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), evfemisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), eufemizacja [feminine] (Polish), eufemismo [masculine] (Portuguese), eufemism [neuter] (Romanian), эвфеми́зм (evfemízm) (Russian), eufemizmus [masculine] (Slovak), eufemismo [masculine] (Spanish), eufemism [common-gender] (Swedish), pahiman (Tagalog), ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག (tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig) (Tibetan), örtmece (Turkish), öfemizm (Turkish), евфемі́зм (evfemízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), lledneiseb [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-euphemism-en-noun-ry~VwN7H Disambiguation of 'use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive': 64 36
  2. (countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations (word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way): մեղմասացություն (meġmasacʿutʿyun) (Armenian), eufemisme [masculine] (Catalan), 委婉語 (Chinese Mandarin), 委婉语 (wěiwǎnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 婉辭 (Chinese Mandarin), 婉辞 (wǎncí) (Chinese Mandarin), 婉詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 婉词 (wǎncí) (Chinese Mandarin), eufemismus [neuter] (Czech), eufemisme [neuter] (Dutch), eŭfemismo (Esperanto), kiertoilmaus (Finnish), kiertoilmaisu (Finnish), eufemismi (Finnish), euphémisme [masculine] (French), eufemismo [masculine] (Galician), ევფემიზმი (evpemizmi) (Georgian), Euphemismus [masculine] (German), ευφημισμός (effimismós) [masculine] (Greek), veigrunarorð [neuter] (Icelandic), fegrunarheiti [neuter] (Icelandic), skrautyrði [neuter] (Icelandic), skrauthvörf [neuter] (Icelandic), eufemismo [masculine] (Italian), 婉曲表現 (enkyoku hyōgen) (alt: えんきょくひょうげん) (Japanese), сыпайы сөз (sypaiy söz) (Kazakh), 완곡한 표현 (wan'gokhan pyohyeon) (Korean), 완곡어 (wan'gogeo) (Korean), еуфеми́зам (eufemízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), цээрлэл (ceerlel) (Mongolian), eufemisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), evfemisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), eufemisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), evfemisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), eufemizm [masculine] (Polish), melioratyw [masculine] (Polish), eufemismo [masculine] (Portuguese), eufemism [neuter] (Romanian), эвфеми́зм (evfemízm) [masculine] (Russian), eufemismo [masculine] (Spanish), eufemism [common-gender] (Swedish), pahiman (Tagalog), ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག (tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig) (Tibetan), öfemizm (Turkish), uyển ngữ (alt: 婉語) (Vietnamese), föemot (Volapük), mwythair [masculine] (Welsh), gair llednais [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-euphemism-en-noun-Jg3dCWGn Disambiguation of Rhetoric: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of 'word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: perfumed terms of the time [rare] Hyponyms: minced oath Derived forms: euphemism treadmill, youthemism Related terms: euphemistic, pseudonym

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "dysphemism"
    },
    {
      "word": "expletive"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      },
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        "2": "εὖ",
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        "4": "well"
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    },
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        "1": "grc",
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  "etymology_text": "Recorded since 1656; from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós), from εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō), from εὔφημος (eúphēmos, “uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk”), from φημί (phēmí, “to speak, say”).",
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      "form": "euphemisms",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "euphemistic"
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1803, James Beattie, “Of Rhetorick”, in Elements of Moral Science, volume III, Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, published 1809, section I, page 118",
          "text": "Akin to it [litotes] is euphemism, which may be applied to the same purpose.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 26, David J. Ulin, “Op-Ed: I’m Jewish and I don’t say this lightly: ‘Never again’ is right now in America”, in LA Times",
          "text": "In 1946, George Orwell addressed the relationship of language to reality and suggested that euphemism, not imperfect analogy, was the real danger. If we don’t use shocking language to describe a shocking circumstance, can we truly recognize what is happening?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces."
      ],
      "id": "en-euphemism-en-noun-ry~VwN7H",
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        [
          "blunt",
          "blunt"
        ],
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "evfemízǎm",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "евфеми́зъм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "委婉語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wěiwǎnyǔ",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "委婉语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "婉辭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wǎncí",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "婉辞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "婉詞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wǎncí",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "婉词"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemismus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "eufemisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "verbloeming"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "eufemisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "eŭfemismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "evitvorto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "ĉirkaŭparolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "kiertoilmaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "kiertoilmaisu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "eufemismi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "euphémisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "evpemizmi",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "ევფემიზმი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Euphemismus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "effimismós",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ευφημισμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "euphēmismós",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εὐφημισμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hupokórisma",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ὑποκόρισμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "eufemizmus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "alt": "えんきょくほう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "enkyokuhō",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "婉曲法"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "évfemizm",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "эвфемизм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "wan'gogeobeop",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "완곡어법"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dollyeo malhagi",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "돌려 말하기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "evfemizm",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "эвфемизм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "euphemismus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eifēmisms"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "eufemízam",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "еуфеми́зам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "bahasa halus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "kupu whakamauru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ceerlel",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "цээрлэл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "evfemisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "evfemisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemizacja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "64 36",
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          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
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          "word": "eufemism"
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          "word": "эвфеми́зм"
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          "word": "eufemizmus"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "eufemismo"
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          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
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          "word": "eufemism"
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          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "pahiman"
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          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "bo",
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          "roman": "tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
          "word": "ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག"
        },
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          "_dis1": "64 36",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
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          "_dis1": "64 36",
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          "roman": "evfemízm",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "евфемі́зм"
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          "text": "When it is said of the martyr St. Stephen, that “he fell asleep,” instead of—he died, the euphemism partakes of the nature of metaphor, intimating a resemblance between sleep and the death of such a person.",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, George Carlin, “EUPHEMISMS: It's a Whole New Language”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →OCLC, →OL, page 6",
          "text": "Euphemistic language turns up in many areas of American life in a variety of situations. Not all euphemisms are alike, but they have one thing in common: They obscure meaning rather than enhance it; they shade the truth.",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "meġmasacʿutʿyun",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "մեղմասացություն"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "委婉語"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "wěiwǎnyǔ",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "委婉语"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "婉辭"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "婉辞"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "婉詞"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "roman": "wǎncí",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "婉词"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "kiertoilmaus"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "kiertoilmaisu"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "euphémisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "evpemizmi",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "ევფემიზმი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Euphemismus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "effimismós",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ευφημισμός"
        },
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "veigrunarorð"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fegrunarheiti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "skrautyrði"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skrauthvörf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "alt": "えんきょくひょうげん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "enkyoku hyōgen",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "婉曲表現"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sypaiy söz",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "сыпайы сөз"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "wan'gokhan pyohyeon",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "완곡한 표현"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "wan'gogeo",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "완곡어"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "eufemízam",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "еуфеми́зам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ceerlel",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "цээрлэл"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "evfemisme"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "evfemisme"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemizm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "melioratyw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemismo"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "eufemism"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "evfemízm",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "эвфеми́зм"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eufemismo"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "eufemism"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "pahiman"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག"
        },
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "öfemizm"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "alt": "婉語",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "uyển ngữ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "word": "föemot"
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mwythair"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "gair llednais"
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      "ipa": "/ˈjuː.fəˌmɪz.əm/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    "Lord Voldemort"
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}
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      "word": "dysphemism"
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      "word": "expletive"
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        {
          "ref": "a. 1803, James Beattie, “Of Rhetorick”, in Elements of Moral Science, volume III, Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, published 1809, section I, page 118",
          "text": "Akin to it [litotes] is euphemism, which may be applied to the same purpose.",
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          "ref": "2019 July 26, David J. Ulin, “Op-Ed: I’m Jewish and I don’t say this lightly: ‘Never again’ is right now in America”, in LA Times",
          "text": "In 1946, George Orwell addressed the relationship of language to reality and suggested that euphemism, not imperfect analogy, was the real danger. If we don’t use shocking language to describe a shocking circumstance, can we truly recognize what is happening?",
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        "(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1803, James Beattie, “Of Rhetorick”, in Elements of Moral Science, volume III, Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, published 1809, section I, page 118",
          "text": "When it is said of the martyr St. Stephen, that “he fell asleep,” instead of—he died, the euphemism partakes of the nature of metaphor, intimating a resemblance between sleep and the death of such a person.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, George Carlin, “EUPHEMISMS: It's a Whole New Language”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →OCLC, →OL, page 6",
          "text": "Euphemistic language turns up in many areas of American life in a variety of situations. Not all euphemisms are alike, but they have one thing in common: They obscure meaning rather than enhance it; they shade the truth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjuː.fəˌmɪz.əm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-euphemism.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/En-us-euphemism.ogg/En-us-euphemism.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/En-us-euphemism.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "yoo͞ʹfə-mĭz'əm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "perfumed terms of the time"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "evfemízǎm",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "евфеми́зъм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "委婉語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wěiwǎnyǔ",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "委婉语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "婉辭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǎncí",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "婉辞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "婉詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǎncí",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "婉词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "eufemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "verbloeming"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eufemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "eŭfemismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "evitvorto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "ĉirkaŭparolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "kiertoilmaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "kiertoilmaisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "eufemismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "euphémisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "evpemizmi",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "ევფემიზმი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Euphemismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "effimismós",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ευφημισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "euphēmismós",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εὐφημισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hupokórisma",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ὑποκόρισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "eufemizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんきょくほう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enkyokuhō",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "婉曲法"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "évfemizm",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "эвфемизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wan'gogeobeop",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "완곡어법"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dollyeo malhagi",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "돌려 말하기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "evfemizm",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "эвфемизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "euphemismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eifēmisms"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "eufemízam",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "еуфеми́зам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "bahasa halus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "kupu whakamauru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ceerlel",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "цээрлэл"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "evfemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "evfemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemizacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eufemism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "evfemízm",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "эвфеми́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eufemism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "pahiman"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "örtmece"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "word": "öfemizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "evfemízm",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "евфемі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lledneiseb"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "meġmasacʿutʿyun",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "մեղմասացություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "委婉語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wěiwǎnyǔ",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "委婉语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "婉辭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǎncí",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "婉辞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "婉詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǎncí",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "婉词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eufemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "eŭfemismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "kiertoilmaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "kiertoilmaisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "eufemismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "euphémisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "evpemizmi",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "ევფემიზმი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Euphemismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "effimismós",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ευφημισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veigrunarorð"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fegrunarheiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skrautyrði"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skrauthvörf"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんきょくひょうげん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enkyoku hyōgen",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "婉曲表現"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sypaiy söz",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "сыпайы сөз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wan'gokhan pyohyeon",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "완곡한 표현"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wan'gogeo",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "완곡어"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "eufemízam",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "еуфеми́зам"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ceerlel",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "цээрлэл"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "evfemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "evfemisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "melioratyw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eufemism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "evfemízm",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эвфеми́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufemismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eufemism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "pahiman"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "öfemizm"
    },
    {
      "alt": "婉語",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "uyển ngữ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "word": "föemot"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mwythair"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gair llednais"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Category:Harry Potter characters",
    "Lord Voldemort"
  ],
  "word": "euphemism"
}

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