vulgar
→
obscene
3 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | vulgar | |
| meaning 1 | (historical or derogatory) having to do with ordinary, common people | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | obscene | vulgar words |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | вульгарный | |
| meaning 1 | lacking a sense of proportion, taste, or sophistication; deliberately cheeky, vulgar (about a person) | вульгарная девица |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | obscene | вульгарные выражения |
| reference | BTS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | пошлый | |
| meaning 1 | vulgar, commonplace, trivial, banal | пошлые занавески |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | obscene | пошлый анекдот |
| reference | BTS | |
| comment | ||