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Translate profane from English to French

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profane:
- profane; blasphématoire
Wiktionary:
- profane → impur, profane, sale, sacrilège
- profane → profaner, dédaigner
- profane → profane
- profane → traiter sans respect, profaner, laïc, laïque, profane, séculier

English

Detailed Translations for profane from English to French

profane:

profane adj

profane (secular)
profane
- profane adj
profane (blasphemous)
blasphématoire; profane
- blasphématoire adj
- profane adj

Translation Matrix for profane:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
profane		outsider; uninitiated one
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	desecrate; outrage; violate
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	blasphemous; blue; sacrilegious; secular; unconsecrated; unsanctified
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
blasphématoire	blasphemous; profane
profane	blasphemous; profane; secular	mondaine; mundane; sophisticated; unholy; worldly; worldly-wise

Related Words for "profane":

profaneness, profanely

Synonyms for "profane":

blasphemous; blue; dirty
laic; lay; secular; profanatory; secularized; secularised; temporal; worldly; earthly; impious
unconsecrated; unsanctified; unholy; unhallowed
sacrilegious; irreverent
corrupt; pervert; subvert; demoralize; demoralise; debauch; debase; vitiate; deprave; misdirect; change; alter; modify
desecrate; outrage; violate; assail; assault; set on; attack

Antonyms for "profane":

sacred

Related Definitions for "profane":

characterized by profanity or cursing¹
- profane words¹
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred¹
- profane utterances against the Church¹
not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled¹
not concerned with or devoted to religion¹
- sacred and profane music¹
- children being brought up in an entirely profane environment¹
violate the sacred character of a place or language¹
- profane the name of God¹

Wiktionary Translations for profane:

profane

adjective

Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy
- profane → impur; profane; sale
Not sacred or holy
- profane → profane
Treating sacred matters with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity
- profane → sacrilège

verb

To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt
- profane → profaner

profane

verb

considérer avec dédain.
- dédaigner → disdain; overlook; neglect; fail; dislike; despise; infringe; profane; violate; disparage; scorn
(religion) abuser des choses de la religion, les traiter avec irrévérence, avec mépris, les employer à des usages profanes.
- profaner → profane

adjective

(religion) Qui n’appartenir pas à la religion, par opposition à ce qui la concerner.
- profane → non-religious; profane

noun

Personne qui manque de respect pour les choses de la religion.
- profane → profane
Choses profanes.
- profane → profane

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• profane	→ traiter sans respect; profaner	↔ entweihen — geweihte oder geheiligte Dinge schänden, entehren
• profane	→ laïc; laïque; profane; séculier	↔ weltlich — nicht auf die (christliche) Kirche oder religiöse Bereiche bezogen

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