Dictionary entry

Euphemism

Pronunciation: /ˈjuːfəmɪz(ə)m/

Pronunciation

/ˈjuːfəmɪz(ə)m/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) စကားနု စကားယဉ်။ စကားလှ။

Definition

euphemism /'ju:fǝmÇzǝm/ n ~ (for sth) စကားႏု စကားယဥ္။ စကားလွ။ ‘Pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die’. ❍ The government admitted there were ‘problems’—a slight euphemism, given the thousands of people without food, water or shelter. euphemistic / ju:fǝ'mÇstÇk/ adj (ဤအဘိဓာန္၌ euph ဟု အတိုေကာက္သံုးသည္။ ) euphemistic language/expressions/terms. euphemistically /-kli/ adv

Examples

  1. ‘Social exclusion’ seems to be the latest euphemism for poverty.