swear word

See also: swearword

English

Alternative forms

swearword

Noun

swear word (plural swear words)

A word considered obscene and vulgar or offensive.
When I heard swear words from the next room, I decided to keep my distance.

Synonyms

(in the singular): curse, curse word, cuss, dirty word, expletive, four-letter word, oath
(in the plural): the plurals of all the synonyms for the singular form, as well as the following, which are all uncountable: bad language, French, strong language, swearing
See also Thesaurus:swear word

Translations

obscene or offensive vulgar word

Arabic: بَذَاءَة f (baḏāʔa), شَتِيمَة f (šatīma), سُبَّة f (subba)
Armenian: հայհոյանք (hy) (hayhoyankʻ), քֆուր (kʻfur)
Belarusian: ла́янкавае сло́ва n (lájankavaje slóva), мацю́к m (macjúk), ла́янка f (lájanka)
Bikol Central: muda (bcl), raway (bcl)
Bulgarian: кле́тва (bg) f (klétva), псувня́ (bg) f (psuvnjá), ругатня́ (bg) f (rugatnjá)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 粗口 (cou¹ hau²)

Mandarin: 粗話／粗话 (zh) (cūhuà), 髒字／脏字 (zh) (zāngzì), 三字經／三字经 (zh) (sānzìjīng) ("Three Character Classic"), 罵人話／骂人话 (màrénhuà), 髒話／脏话 (zh) (zānghuà)
Czech: sprosté slovo, nadávka (cs) f
Danish: bandeord n, ed (da) c, kraftudtryk n
Dutch: vloek (nl) m, scheldwoord (nl) n, krachtterm (nl), verwensing (nl)
Esperanto: fivorto
Finnish: kirosana (fi)
French: juron (fr) m, gros mot (fr) m
Galician: xuramento (gl) m
Georgian: საგინებელი სიტყვა (saginebeli siṭq̇va), სალანძღავი სიტყვა (salanʒɣavi siṭq̇va)
German: Schimpfwort (de) n, Fluch (de) m, Kraftausdruck (de) m, Schimpfwort (de) n
Greek: βρισιά (el) f (vrisiá)
Hebrew: קְלָלָה (he) f (k'lalá)
Hindi: गाली (hi) f (gālī)
Hungarian: csúnya szó, káromkodás (hu), szitok (hu), szitokszó (hu), trágárság (hu), szitkozódás (hu)
Icelandic: blótsyrði (is) n
Indonesian: kata makian, makian (id), umpatan (id), kata-kata kasar
Ingrian: kerosana
Irish: eascaine (ga) f, mionn mór m, tiomna (ga) m, crístín m, diairmín m
Italian: parolaccia (it) f
Japanese: 卑語 (ja) (ひご, higo), 罵り言葉 (ののしりことば, nonoshiri kotoba)
Javanese: pisuhan
Kapampangan: panagkas
Korean: 비어(卑語) (ko) (bieo), 욕설(辱說) (ko) (yokseol), 욕(辱) (ko) (yok), 악담(惡談) (ko) (akdam), 저주(詛呪) (ko) (jeoju)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sixêf (ku), dijûn (ku), dijmîn (ku), xeber (ku), çêrr (ku), zêf (ku), zêv (ku), mirqî (ku), kufrî (ku)
Macedonian: пцост f (pcost), пцовка f (pcovka)
Malayalam: തെറി (ml) (teṟi)
Maori: kohukohu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kraftuttrykk (no) n, banneord (no) n, ed (no) m, kraftuttrykk (no) n

Nynorsk: bannord n
Ottoman Turkish: كفر (küfr)
Persian: فُحْش (fa) (fohš), دُشْنام (fa) (došnâm)
Plautdietsch: Schempwuat n
Polish: przekleństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: palavrão (pt) m
Romanian: înjurătură (ro) f
Russian: руга́тельство (ru) n (rugátelʹstvo), руга́тельное сло́во n (rugátelʹnoje slóvo), неприли́чное сло́во n (neprilíčnoje slóvo), бра́нное сло́во n (bránnoje slóvo), сло́во из трёх бу́кв n (slóvo iz trjox búkv), сло́во на три бу́квы n (slóvo na tri búkvy), трёхэта́жное сло́во n (trjoxɛtážnoje slóvo), матю́к (ru) m (matjúk) (low colloquial, usually plural), матю́г (ru) m (matjúg) (low colloquial, usually plural)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: псо̑вка f, по̏грда f

Roman: psȏvka (sh) f, pȍgrda (sh) f
Slovak: nadávka f
Slovene: psovka (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gódło n

Upper Sorbian: wudmo n
Spanish: palabrota (es) f, (Chile) garabato (es) m, (Latin America) grosería (es) f, (Peru) lisura (es) f, (Latin America) mala palabra (es) f, (Spain) taco (es) m, palabro (es), ordinariez (es) f
Swedish: svordom (sv) c, svärord (sv) n (colloquial), kraftuttryck (sv) n
Tagalog: alpog, mura
Tajik: дашном (dašnom), фӯҳш (fühš), ҳақорат (haqorat)
Tamil: கெட்ட வார்த்தை (ta) (keṭṭa vārttai)
Telugu: తిట్టు (te) (tiṭṭu), బూతు (te) (būtu)
Thai: คำสบถ
Turkish: küfür (tr)
Ukrainian: лайли́ве сло́во n (lajlýve slóvo), матю́к (uk) m (matjúk), ла́йка f (lájka)
Welsh: llw m
Yoruba: èpè

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Dutch: (1) ^{(please verify)} eed (nl) n