expletive

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English - Turkish
heyecan ifade eden söz
kızınca söylenen
çoğu zaman anlamsız sözcük
{i} pekiştirici sözcük
anlamı kuvvetlendirici söz
tamamlayan
{i} gereksiz hece
kelime
{i} tamamlayan sözcük
gereği olmayan harf
{i} küfür
boşluğu dolduran
(Dilbilim) dolguluk
{i} gereksiz sözcük
fazla
lanet/küfür
tamamlayıcı
English - English
Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant
Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers)
A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath
A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position
A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning
{n} an occasional syllable or word
Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous
An expletive is a rude word or expression such as `Damn!' which you say when you are annoyed, excited, or in pain. = swear word. a rude word that you use when you are angry or in pain, for example 'shit' = swear word (expletivus, from explere ; because the words fill a space in a sentence without adding to the meaning)
A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath
a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
serving to fill up
marked be expletives (phrase-fillers)
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
A profane, vulgar or obscene oath
{i} meaningless phrase; curse, swearword

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expletives
plural of expletive
expletive

    Hyphenation

    ex·ple·tive

    Turkish pronunciation

    eksplıtîv

    Pronunciation

    /ˈeksplətəv/ /ˈɛksplətɪv/

    Etymology

    () From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”).

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