"profanity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-profanity.wav [Southern-England] Forms: profanities [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin profānitās. By surface analysis, profane + -ity. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|profānitās}} Latin profānitās, {{surf|en|profane|-ity}} By surface analysis, profane + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} profanity (countable and uncountable, plural profanities)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt. Tags: uncountable Translations (quality of being profane): lapërdhi [feminine] (Albanian), богохулство (bogohulstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), profanitat [feminine] (Catalan), rienaus (Finnish), hävyttömyys (Finnish), impiété [feminine] (French), Profanität [feminine] (German), Respektlosigkeit [feminine] (German), Gotteslästerlichkeit [feminine] (German), αθυροστομία (athyrostomía) [feminine] (Greek), naomhaithis [feminine] (Irish), mallachtach [feminine] (Irish), 冒瀆 (Japanese), 冒涜 (bōtoku) (alt: ぼうとく) (Japanese), бого́хулство (bogóhulstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), بیحرمتی (bi-hormati) (Persian), profanidade [feminine] (Portuguese), профана́ция (profanácija) [feminine] (Russian), богоху́льство (bogoxúlʹstvo) (english: blasphemy) [neuter] (Russian), profanidad [feminine] (Spanish), tungayaw (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-profanity-en-noun-C8iRqqkC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'quality of being profane': 92 8
  2. (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language. Tags: countable Translations (obscene, lewd or abusive language): lapërdhi [feminine] (Albanian), قَبَاحَة (qabāḥa) (Arabic), ругатни (rugatni) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), 粗口 (cou¹ hau²) (Chinese Cantonese), 粗口 (cūkǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 髒話 (Chinese Mandarin), 脏话 (zānghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), ahcuallahtōlli (Classical Nahuatl), krachtterm [masculine] (Dutch), kirosana (Finnish), insanité [feminine] (French), gros mot [masculine] (French), vulgarité [feminine] (French), grossièreté [feminine] (French), Fluch [masculine] (German), Obszönität [feminine] (German), Schimpfwort [neuter] (German), αθυροστομία (athyrostomía) [feminine] (Greek), גסות (gasút) [feminine] (Hebrew), ניבול פה [masculine] (Hebrew), juracho (Ido), bahasa kasar (Indonesian), bahasa kotor (Indonesian), makian (Indonesian), umpatan (Indonesian), kata-kata kotor [plural] (Indonesian), 雑言 (zōgon) (alt: ぞうごん) (Japanese), 卑語 (higo) (alt: ひご) (Japanese), pisuhan (Javanese), 욕설 (yokseol) (Korean), 비어 (bieo) (Korean), 잡언 (jabeon) (Korean), 비속어 (bisogeo) (Korean), turpiloquium [masculine] (Latin), пцо́сти (pcósti) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), пцо́вки (pcóvki) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), kangakanga (Maori), كفر (küfr) (Ottoman Turkish), przekleństwo [neuter] (Polish), wulgaryzm [masculine] (Polish), profanidade [feminine] (Portuguese), înjurătură [feminine] (Romanian), скверносло́вие (skvernoslóvije) [neuter] (Russian), ру́гань (rúganʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ма́терщина (máterščina) [feminine] (Russian), мат (mat) [masculine] (Russian), брань (branʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ненормати́вная ле́ксика (nenormatívnaja léksika) [feminine] (Russian), псо̑вка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), psȏvka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lenguaje soez [masculine] (Spanish), лихослі́в'я (lyxoslívʺja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ненормати́вна ле́ксика (nenormatývna léksyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-profanity-en-noun-TgP1~6MP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'obscene, lewd or abusive language': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prophanity [hypercorrect, obsolete] Derived forms: profanity delay

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          "sense": "quality of being profane",
          "word": "冒瀆"
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          "alt": "ぼうとく",
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "قَبَاحَة"
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          "roman": "rugatni",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "yue",
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          "roman": "cou¹ hau²",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "粗口"
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          "roman": "cūkǒu",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "粗口"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "髒話"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zānghuà",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "脏话"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "nci",
          "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "ahcuallahtōlli"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "krachtterm"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "kirosana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insanité"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gros mot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vulgarité"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "grossièreté"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Fluch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Obszönität"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Schimpfwort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "athyrostomía",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "αθυροστομία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "gasút",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "גסות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ניבול פה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "juracho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "bahasa kasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "bahasa kotor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "makian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "umpatan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "kata-kata kotor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "alt": "ぞうごん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zōgon",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "雑言"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "alt": "ひご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "higo",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "卑語"
        },
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          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "pisuhan"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yokseol",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "욕설"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bieo",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "비어"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jabeon",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "잡언"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bisogeo",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "비속어"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "turpiloquium"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pcósti",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "пцо́сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pcóvki",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "пцо́вки"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "kangakanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "küfr",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "word": "كفر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "przekleństwo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wulgaryzm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "pt",
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "брань"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "roman": "nenormatívnaja léksika",
          "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ненормати́вная ле́ксика"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          ],
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lapërdhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bogohulstvo",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "богохулство"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profanitat"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "word": "rienaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "word": "hävyttömyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impiété"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Profanität"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Respektlosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gotteslästerlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "athyrostomía",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αθυροστομία"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naomhaithis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mallachtach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "word": "冒瀆"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼうとく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bōtoku",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "word": "冒涜"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bogóhulstvo",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бого́хулство"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-hormati",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "word": "بیحرمتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profanidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "profanácija",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "профана́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "blasphemy",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bogoxúlʹstvo",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "богоху́льство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profanidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "quality of being profane",
      "word": "tungayaw"
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lapërdhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "قَبَاحَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rugatni",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ругатни"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cou¹ hau²",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "粗口"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cūkǒu",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "粗口"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "髒話"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zānghuà",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "脏话"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "ahcuallahtōlli"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krachtterm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "kirosana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "insanité"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gros mot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vulgarité"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grossièreté"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fluch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Obszönität"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schimpfwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "athyrostomía",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αθυροστομία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gasút",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גסות"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ניבול פה"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "juracho"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "bahasa kasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "bahasa kotor"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "makian"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "umpatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kata-kata kotor"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぞうごん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zōgon",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "雑言"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "higo",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "卑語"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "pisuhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yokseol",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "욕설"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bieo",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "비어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jabeon",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "잡언"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bisogeo",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "비속어"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turpiloquium"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pcósti",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pcóvki",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "kangakanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "küfr",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "word": "كفر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przekleństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wulgaryzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profanidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "înjurătură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skvernoslóvije",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "скверносло́вие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rúganʹ",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ру́гань"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "máterščina",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́терщина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mat",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "branʹ",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брань"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenormatívnaja léksika",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ненормати́вная ле́ксика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "псо̑вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "psȏvka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lenguaje soez"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lyxoslívʺja",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лихослі́в'я"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nenormatývna léksyka",
      "sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ненормати́вна ле́ксика"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "profanity"
  ],
  "word": "profanity"
}

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