understatement, appraising one's qualities too low or too late
çekim: çoğul Tiefstapeleien · tamlayan Tiefstapeleien
köken: Blend of tief + Hochstapelei.
litotes
çekim: çoğul litotes
köken: Learned borrowing from Late Latin lītotēs, from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs).
euphemism
çekim: çoğul eufemismi
zıt: disfemismo
köken: From Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós), from εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō), from εὔφημος (eúphēmos, “uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk”), from φάναι (phánai, “to speak, say”).
aile: eufemistico
euphemism
çekim: çoğul eufemismos
zıt: disfemismo
köken: Borrowed from French euphémisme (“euphemism”), from Late Latin euphemismos, from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós).
understatement
çekim: çoğul underdrifter · tamlayan underdrifts
zıt: överdrift
köken: under- + drift.
allusion, hint, understatement (incomplete or vague statement)
çekim: çoğul niedomówienia · tamlayan niedomówienia
köken: Etymology tree Old Polish nie Old Polish nie- Polish nie- Polish domówienie Polish niedomówienie From nie- + domówienie.
understatement
çekim: çoğul vähätelmät · tamlayan vähätelmän
köken: vähätellä + -mä
verbal noun of zmírnit · mitigation, alleviation
çekim: çoğul zmírněním
köken: From zmírnit + -ení.
litotes
çekim: çoğul litote · tamlayan litote
köken: Borrowed from French litote.
understatement
çekim: çoğul underdrivelser · tamlayan underdrivelses
zıt: overdrivelse
köken: From underdrive + -else.
understatement
çekim: çoğul maolaisnéisí · tamlayan maolaisnéise
köken: From maol + faisnéis.
understatement, meiosis
çekim: çoğul maltroigoj
zıt: hiperbolo, troigo
köken: Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- Middle French mal- French mal-bor. Esperanto mal- Esperanto tro Esperanto -ig- Esperanto -o Esperanto maltroigo From mal- (“opposite”) + tro (“too”) + -ig- (“-ify”) + -o.