blasfemie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, profanity), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, to slander).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌblɑs.feːˈmi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: blas‧fe‧mie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

blasfemie f (plural blasfemieën, no diminutive)

  1. blasphemy

Italian

Noun

blasfemie f

  1. plural of blasfemia

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French blasfemie, blasfeme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía); equivalent to blasfemen +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌblasfɛˈmiː(ə)/, /ˈblasfɛmiː(ə)/, /ˈblasfɛm(ə)/

Noun

blasfemie (plural blasfemies)

  1. Blasphemy; insulting acts or speech against a deity.
  2. (more generally) Defamation; slanderous speech.

Descendants

  • English: blasphemy
  • Middle Scots: blasphemie

References

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, profanity), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, to slander). Compare the inherited blastenge, from blasphēmium.

Noun

blasfemie oblique singularf (oblique plural blasfemies, nominative singular blasfemie, nominative plural blasfemies)

  1. blasphemy

Descendants

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin blasphēmia. Compare blestem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blasfeˈmi.e/

Noun

blasfemie f (plural blasfemii)

  1. blasphemy

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative blasfemie blasfemia blasfemii blasfemiile
genitive-dative blasfemii blasfemiei blasfemii blasfemiilor
vocative blasfemie, blasfemio blasfemiilor

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