adjective · rare

profane

profane · profaner · profanest

світський, нечестивий, мирський, богозневажний

светский, мирской, нечестивый, богохульный

weltlich

Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thingUnclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.

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/pɹəˈfeɪn/

» The most profane word and the rudest letter are the best, they're more educated than silence.

Meaning

4 senses

Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
нечести́выйnečestívyj
нечести́вийnečestývyj
not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
profane authors
weltlich
непосвящённыйneposvjaščónnyj, све́тскийsvétskij, мирско́йmirskój
непосвя́ченийneposvjáčenyj, мирськи́йmyrsʹkýj, сві́тськийsvítsʹkyj
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
богоху́льныйbogoxúlʹnyj
богознева́жнийbohoznevážnyj, богоху́льнийbohoxúlʹnyj, блюзні́рськийbljuznírsʹkyj
Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
a profane person, word, oath, or tongue
богоху́льныйbogoxúlʹnyj
богознева́жнийbohoznevážnyj, богоху́льнийbohoxúlʹnyj, блюзні́рськийbljuznírsʹkyj

Examples

3 sentences

The most profane word and the rudest letter are the best, they're more educated than silence.
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The profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.
deWegen der lästerlichen Sprache im Network-Fernsehen wollen viele Eltern junger Kinder kein Kabelfernsehen. — Tickler
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Mixing the profane with the divine was Ginsberg's shtick.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

unclean; impure; polluted; unholy:

Not sacred or holy:

Treating sacred matters with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity:

Русский

By meaning 3

unclean; impure; polluted; unholy:

Not sacred or holy:

Treating sacred matters with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

Not sacred or holy:

Origin

From Middle English prophane, from Middle French profane, prophaine, prophane and its etym

From Middle English prophane, from Middle French profane, prophaine, prophane and its etymon Classical Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”) (also Late Latin prophānus), from pro- (“instead of”) + fānum (“temple”).

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