sacrilegious

English

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Etymology

From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sæk.ɹəˈlɪdʒ.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɪdʒəs

Adjective

sacrilegious (comparative more sacrilegious, superlative most sacrilegious)

1. Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

Translations

committing sacrilege

• Asturian: sacrílegu (ast)
• Catalan: sacríleg (ca)
• French: sacrilège (fr)
• Galician: sacrílego (gl)
• Italian: sacrilego (it)

• Occitan: sacrilèg (oc)
• Portuguese: sacrílego (pt)
• Spanish: sacrílego (es)
• Swedish: vanhelgande (sv)