euphemism

• n. euphemism; 婉曲表現

eu-、良い。-語源的にはfame（名声）、phone（電話）と同じ。

euphemism

euphemism: [17] Etymologically, euphemism means ‘speaking with good words’. Greek euphēmismós, a compound formed ultimately from the prefix eu- ‘good, well’ and phémē ‘speech, saying’ (a relative of English fable, fame, and fate), originally denoted the avoidance of words of ill omen at religious ceremonies, but it was subsequently taken up by grammarians to signify the substitution of a less for a more offensive word. Its opposite, dysphemism ‘use of a more offensive word’, is a modern coinage, formed in the late 19th century using the Greek prefix dus- ‘bad, difficult’.
=> fable, fame, fate

euphemism (n.)

1650s, from Greek euphemismos "use of a favorable word in place of an inauspicious one," from euphemizein "speak with fair words, use words of good omen," from eu- "good, well" (see eu-) + pheme "speech, voice, utterance, a speaking," from phanai "speak" (see fame (n.)).

In ancient Greece, the superstitious avoidance of words of ill-omen during religious ceremonies, or substitutions such as Eumenides "the Gracious Ones" for the Furies (see also Euxine). In English, a rhetorical term at first; broader sense of "choosing a less distasteful word or phrase than the one meant" is first attested 1793. Related: Euphemistic; euphemistically.

1. The term "early retirement "is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.

現在、「早期退職」はほとんどリストラの婉曲な言い方だ。Pass away " is a euphemism for " die ".

「死去」は「死」の婉曲な言葉である.

3.The word " euphemism "originates from Greek.

婉曲語( euphemism )はギリシャ語に由来する言葉で、字面的には良い言葉や心地よい言葉で話すことを意味している。

Huang mother-in-law face a cash reward，Yao master euphemism refused.

黄姑の現金謝礼に対して、姚親方は婉曲に断った。

5.Language reflects culture and euphemism is a mirror of culture.

言語は文化を反映し、婉曲語は様々な文化の鏡である。