Etymology
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From Latin blasphēmus (“blaspheming”), from Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “uttering ill-omened words”), equivalent to blaspheme + -ous.
Pronunciation
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈblæs.fəm.əs/, /ˈblæs.fəm.ʌs/
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Adjective
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blasphemous (comparative more blasphemous, superlative most blasphemous)
- Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.
His taking the name of God in vain was considered blasphemous.
Derived terms
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Translations
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lacking piety or respect for the sacred
- Catalan: blasfem (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 褻瀆神靈／亵渎神灵 (xièdú shénlíng)
- Czech: rouhavý, rouhačský
- Danish: blasfemisk
- Esperanto: malpia
- Faroese: gudsspottandi
- Finnish: rienaava (fi), pilkkaava (fi)
- French: blasphématoire (fr)
- Georgian: მკრეხელური (mḳrexeluri)
- German: blasphemisch (de), gotteslästerlich (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: βλάσφημος (blásphēmos)
- Hungarian: istenkáromló (hu)
- Irish: blaisféimeach, diamhaslach, dia-aithiseach, naomhaithiseach
- Italian: blasfemo (it)
- Middle English: blasfeme
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: blasfemisk
- Nynorsk: blasfemisk
- Polish: bluźnierczy
- Portuguese: blasfemo (pt)
- Romanian: blasfemator (ro)
- Russian: богоху́льный (ru) (bogoxúlʹnyj), нечести́вый (ru) (nečestívyj), богоху́льственный (ru) (bogoxúlʹstvennyj), святота́тственный (ru) (svjatotátstvennyj), кощу́нственный (ru) (koščúnstvennyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бласфѐмичан, svȅtogr̄dnī
- Roman: blasfèmičan (sh), svȅtogr̄dan (sh)
- Spanish: blasfemo (es)
- Swedish: blasfemisk (sv), hädisk (sv)
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