expletive

Etymology
From, from , the perfect passive participle of , itself from + *.

Adjective

 * 1) Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
 * 2) Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
 * 1) Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
 * 1) Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
 * 1) Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: вмъкнат
 * Catalan: expletiu
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: täyte-, ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: expletivo


 * Dutch:, vol krachttermen
 * Italian: espletivo


 * French:

Noun

 * 1) A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
 * 2)  A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
 * 3)  A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.
 * 1)  A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
 * 2)  A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: вмъкната дума
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: Expletivum, Expletiv
 * Portuguese:, expletiva


 * Dutch: expletief (woord)
 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:


 * French:
 * Turkish: