expletive

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɛksplətɪv/

Adjective

expletive

1. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

   Synonyms: expletory

2. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

Translations

• German: Füllwort
• Italian: pleonastico, riempitivo
• Portuguese: expletivo
• Spanish: expletivo

Translations

• Italian: espletivo

Noun

expletive (plural expletives)

1. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.

   Synonyms: swear word, oath

   If we don't take advantage of any [expletive] in any way, then it's our loss.

2. (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
3. (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.

   Synonyms: intensifier

Translations

• German: Expletivum, Expletiv
• Portuguese: expletivo, expletiva

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