Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós).
eufemisme m (plural eufemismes)
eufemisme c (singular definite eufemismen, plural indefinite eufemismer)
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | eufemisme | eufemismen | eufemismer | eufemismerne |
genitive | eufemismes | eufemismens | eufemismers | eufemismernes |
Recorded since 1656. Borrowed from French euphémisme, English euphemism (both from Ancient Greek) or directly from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós), from εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō), from εὔφημος (eúphēmos, “uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words”).
eufemisme n (plural eufemismen, diminutive eufemismetje n)
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch eufemisme.
eufemisme (first-person possessive eufemismeku, second-person possessive eufemismemu, third-person possessive eufemismenya)
eufemisme m (definite singular eufemismen, indefinite plural eufemismer, definite plural eufemismene)
eufemisme m (definite singular eufemismen, indefinite plural eufemismar, definite plural eufemismane)