different between profanation vs profane

English

Etymology

From Middle French prophanation, profanation, and its source, Late Latin profanatio, from the participle stem of Latin prof?n?re.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??f??ne??(?)n/

Noun

profanation (countable and uncountable, plural profanations)

1. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
   • 1826-06, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 528:

     […] but there is a time and a season for all things, and we look upon such attempts as that before us, with a certain portion of respect for a good intention, but as a lamentable want of judgment and good taste, not to speak of a familiarity with the phraseology of Scripture, little short of profanation.

Related terms

• profane

Translations

French

Etymology

profaner +? -ation

Pronunciation

Noun

profanation f (plural profanations)

1. profanation

English

Etymology

From Middle French prophane, from Latin prof?nus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + f?num (“temple”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???fe?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Adjective

profane (comparative profaner or more profane, superlative profanest or most profane)

1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
   • 1614, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World

     Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things.

2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
   • 1781, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 2

     A sonnet in praise of Rome was accepted as the effusion of genius and gratitude; and after the whole procession had visited the Vatican, the profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.

3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
4. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain

   a profane person, word, oath, or tongue

Synonyms

• (obscene): vulgar, inappropriate, obscene, debased, uncouth, offensive, ignoble, mean, lewd
• secular
• temporal
• worldly
• unsanctified
• unhallowed
• unholy
• irreligious
• irreverent
• ungodly
• wicked
• godless
• impious

Antonyms

• holy
• sacred

Translations

Noun

profane (plural profanes)

1. A person or thing that is profane.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 244:

     The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted.

2. (freemasonry) A person not a Mason.

Verb

profane (third-person singular simple present profanes, present participle profaning, simple past and past participle profaned)

1. (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
2. (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

Synonyms

• (violate something sacred): defile, unhallow; see also Thesaurus:desecrate
• (put to a wrong or unworthy use): abase, adulterate, degrade, demean, misapply, misuse, pervert

Antonyms

• (violate something sacred): consecrate, sanctify; see also Thesaurus:consecrate

Translations

Related terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prof?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.fan/

Adjective

profane (plural profanes)

1. secular; lay

   Synonyms: laïque, séculier

   Antonym: sacré

2. profane

Related terms

Further reading

• “profane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

profane f pl

1. feminine plural of profano

Noun

profane f

1. plural of profana

Latin

Adjective

prof?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of prof?nus

References

• profane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• profane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

profane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of profanar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of profanar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of profanar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of profanar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?o?fane/, [p?o?fa.ne]

Verb

profane

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of profanar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of profanar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of profanar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of profanar.