expletive in Finnish
expletive in Finnish is lisä-, täyte-, täyttävä — expletive means used only to fill out a sentence, adding no real meaning of its own.
expletive in Finnish
lisä-
Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
täyte-
Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
täyttävä
Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
täytesana
(linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
voimasana
(linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fuckin in "there's no fuckin way he's gonna get away with it").
What does "expletive" mean?
- adj Used only to fill out a sentence, adding no real meaning of its own.
- adj Full of filler words that add no real meaning.
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What is "expletive" in Finnish?
"expletive" in Finnish is lisä-, täyte-, täyttävä. expletive means: Used only to fill out a sentence, adding no real meaning of its own.
Are there other ways to say "expletive" in Finnish?
Yes — Finnish has 5 translations listed for "expletive": lisä-, täyte-, täyttävä, täytesana, voimasana.
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