Phrase guide

no offense

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

I intend no offense by these remarks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

An ellipsis of I mean no offense or no offense meant.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِدُون مُؤَاخَذَة (bidūn muʔāḵaḏa) — no offense
  • Arabic: لَا مُؤَاخْذَة (lā muʔāḵḏa) — no offense
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不要見怪 /不要见怪 (búyào jiànguài) — no offense
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒有冒犯你的意思 /没有冒犯你的意思 (méiyǒu màofàn nǐ de yìsi) — no offense
  • Czech: nic ve zlém — no offense
  • Danish: ikke for noget — no offense
  • Danish: no offense — no offense
  • Dutch: niet beledigend bedoeld — no offense
  • Estonian: ärge solvuge — no offense
  • Finnish: ei millään pahalla — no offense
  • Finnish: en halua loukata ketään — no offense
  • Finnish: ei pahalla — no offense
  • French: sans vouloir vous vexer — no offense
  • French: sans vouloir te vexer — no offense
  • French: ne le prenez pas mal — no offense
  • French: ne le prends pas mal — no offense
  • Galician: sen ofensa — no offense
  • German: nichts für ungut — no offense
  • German: nehmen Sie es mir nicht übel — no offense
  • German: nimm es mir nicht übel — no offense
  • Hungarian: ne vedd sértésnek — no offense
  • Indonesian: tidak bermaksud menyinggung — no offense
  • Italian: senza offesa — no offense
  • Japanese: 悪気はない (warugi-wa nai) — no offense
  • Luxembourgish: näischt fir ongutt — no offense
  • Polish: bez urazy — no offense
  • Portuguese: sem ofensa — no offense
  • Romanian: nu mi-o luați în nume de rău — no offense
  • Russian: не обижа́йтесь (ne obižájtesʹ) — no offense
  • Russian: не обижа́йся (ne obižájsja) — no offense
  • Russian: без оби́д (bez obíd) — no offense
  • Spanish: sin ánimo de ofender — no offense
  • Spanish: sin acritud — no offense
  • Swedish: inget illa ment — no offense