Dal vocabolario italiano: Profane

From from profanus, properly, before the temple, i.e., without the temple, unholy; pro- before + fanum temple; via .

1. Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.
2. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious. Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.

• secular; temporal; worldly; unsanctified; unhallowed; unholy; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; wicked; godless; impious

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• Finnish: maallinen, profaani

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Transitive verb

1. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

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French

• IPA: /pʁɔ.fan/
• SAMPA: /pRO.fan/

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Etimologia
From from profanus, properly, before the temple, i.e., without the temple, unholy; pro- before + fanum temple; via .