"foul language" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} foul language (uncountable)
  1. Profane or socially unacceptable words. Tags: uncountable Translations (profane words): قَبَاحَة (qabāḥa) (Arabic), 粗口 (cou¹ hau²) (Chinese Cantonese), 穢語 (Chinese Mandarin), 秽语 (huìyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 粗話 (Chinese Mandarin), 粗话 (cūhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 髒話 (Chinese Mandarin), 脏话 (zānghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), schuttingtaal [feminine] (Dutch), kirosana (Finnish), langage grossier [masculine] (French), unflätige Sprache [feminine] (German), ניבול פה [masculine] (Hebrew), bahasa kasar (Indonesian), 雑言 (zōgon) (alt: ぞうごん) (Japanese), 卑語 (higo) (alt: ひご) (Japanese), ру́гань (rúganʹ) [feminine] (Russian), брань (branʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ма́терщина (máterščina) [feminine] (Russian), мат (mat) [masculine] (Russian), скверносло́вие (skvernoslóvije) [neuter] (Russian), нецензу́рщина (necenzúrščina) [feminine] (Russian), матюки́ (matjukí) [colloquial, masculine, plural] (Russian), బూతు (būtu) (Telugu)

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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "word": "ניבול פה"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "profane words",
          "word": "bahasa kasar"
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          "alt": "ぞうごん",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "profane words",
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          "alt": "ひご",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "higo",
          "sense": "profane words",
          "word": "卑語"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rúganʹ",
          "sense": "profane words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ру́гань"
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          "word": "скверносло́вие"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "necenzúrščina",
          "sense": "profane words",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "нецензу́рщина"
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          "sense": "profane words",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "būtu",
          "sense": "profane words",
          "word": "బూతు"
        }
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      "word": "قَبَاحَة"
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      "sense": "profane words",
      "word": "粗口"
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      "sense": "profane words",
      "word": "穢語"
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      "sense": "profane words",
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      "sense": "profane words",
      "word": "髒話"
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      "sense": "profane words",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "profane words",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "word": "kirosana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "langage grossier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unflätige Sprache"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ניבול פה"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "word": "bahasa kasar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぞうごん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zōgon",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "word": "雑言"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "higo",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "word": "卑語"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rúganʹ",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ру́гань"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "branʹ",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брань"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "máterščina",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́терщина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mat",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skvernoslóvije",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "скверносло́вие"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "necenzúrščina",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нецензу́рщина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "matjukí",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "матюки́"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "būtu",
      "sense": "profane words",
      "word": "బూతు"
    }
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