euphémisme

From Late Latin euphemismos (“euphemism”), 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 φάναι (phánai, “to speak, say”).

• IPA^(key): /ø.fe.mism/ ~ /ø.fe.mizm/

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• Homophone: euphémismes
• Hyphenation: eu‧phé‧misme

euphémisme m (plural euphémismes)

1. euphemism

• euphémique

• “euphémisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.