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| has gloss | (noun) any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive four-letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word |
| has gloss | eng: The phrase four-letter word refers to a set of English-language words written with four letters which are considered profane, including common popular or slang terms for excretory functions, sexual activity and genitalia, and (depending on the listener/reader) sometimes also certain terms relating to Hell and damnation when used outside their original religious context, and/or slurs. The "four-letter" claim refers to the fact that a large number of English "swear words" are incidentally four-character monosyllables. This euphemism came into use during the first half of the twentieth century. |
| lexicalization | eng: Four letter word |
| lexicalization | eng: four-letter Anglo-Saxon word |
| lexicalization | eng: four-letter word |
| subclass of | (noun) a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" word |
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| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: sprosté slovo |
| Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexicalization | cmn: sān zì jing |
| lexicalization | cmn: 三字經 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 三字经 |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: Four-letter-words |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: kirosana |
| Indonesian | |
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| lexicalization | ind: makian empat huruf |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: Met drieletterwoorden wordt een aantal woorden aangeduid zoals kut, pik, lul, gvd die doorgaans als schuttingtaal in gebruik zijn. Het Engels heeft iets soortgelijks in de vorm van vierletterwoorden (four letter words). Bekendste voorbeelden daarvan: fuck, cunt, cock, dick, damn, shit. Het eerste en het laatste woord uit deze Engelse lijst hebben ook in Nederland alom ingang gevonden. |
| lexicalization | nld: Drie-letter-woord |
| lexicalization | nld: Drieletterwoord |
| Russian | |
| has gloss | rus: «Слово из трёх букв» — эвфемизм, заменяющий в русской речи обсценное слово хуй. Эвфемизмы, основанные на числе букв в заменяемом слове, присутствуют во многих языках. |
| lexicalization | rus: Слово из трех букв |
| lexicalization | rus: Слово из трёх букв |
| lexicalization | rus: трёхэтажное слово |
| Swedish | |
| has gloss | swe: Könsord är ord som syftar på könsorgan av slangkaraktär, vanligen av grövre karaktär, på svenska exempelvis kuk, fitta och mutta . Könsord används ofta som skällsord eller svordom. I bland annat Sverige under 1900-talet har könsord av många ansetts som "fulare" än "vanliga" svordomar. Könsord är också vanligt som klotter på offentliga toaletter, till exempel på skolor, restauranger och sportanläggningar. |
| lexicalization | swe: könsord |
| lexicalization | swe: svordom |
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| similar | e/Four-letter word |
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