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==Wiktionary EN==
# A [[term]] used to [[characterize]] a [[person]] or [[thing]].
# A term used as a [[descriptive]] [[substitute]] for the [[name]] or [[title]] of a person.
# One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]'' to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
# An [[abusive]] or [[contemptuous]] [[word]] or [[phrase]].
# A word in the [[scientific]] [[name]] of a [[taxon]] following the name of the [[genus]] or [[species]]. This applies only to formal names of [[plant]]s, [[fungi]] and [[bacteria]]. In formal names of [[animal]]s the corresponding term is the [[specific]] [[name]].
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|trtx=Armenian: մակդիր; Belarusian: эпі́тэт; Bulgarian: епитет; Catalan: epítet; Chinese Mandarin: 稱號, 称号, 綽號, 绰号, 修飾語, 修饰语; Czech: epiteton; Danish: epitet; Dutch: toenaam, epitheton; French: épithète; Georgian: ეპითეტი; German: Beiwort, Epitheton, Attribut, Beiname; Greek: [[επίθετο]]; Ancient Greek: [[ἐπίθετον]]; Hungarian: jelző, epitéta; Italian: epiteto; Japanese: 渾名, あだ名; Latvian: epitets; Norwegian Bokmål: epitet; Nynorsk: epitet; Persian: صفت‎, گواسه‎; Polish: epitet; Portuguese: epíteto; Romanian: epitet; Russian: эпи́тет; Spanish: epíteto; Swedish: epitet; Ukrainian: епі́тет
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