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)
Related terms
Italian
Noun
blasfemie f
- plural of blasfemia
Middle English
Alternative forms
- blasfemye, blasefleme, blasphem, blaspheme, blasphemie, blasphemy, blasphemye
- blasfamye (Northwest Midland); blasfeme (Northern)
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)
- Blasphemy; insulting acts or speech against a deity.
- (more generally) Defamation; slanderous speech.
Descendants
- English: blasphemy
- Middle Scots: blasphemie
- Scots: blasphemy
References
- “blasfemīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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 singular, f (oblique plural blasfemies, nominative singular blasfemie, nominative plural blasfemies)
Descendants
- French: blasphémie
- → Middle English: blasfemie, blasfemye, blasefleme, blasphem, blaspheme, blasphemie, blasphemy, blasphemye, blasfamye (Northwest Midland), blasfeme (Northern)
- English: blasphemy
- Middle Scots: blasphemie
- Scots: blasphemy
References
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “blasfemie”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin blasphēmia. Compare blestem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blasfeˈmi.e/
Noun
blasfemie f (plural blasfemii)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | blasfemie | blasfemia | blasfemii | blasfemiile | |
| genitive-dative | blasfemii | blasfemiei | blasfemii | blasfemiilor | |
| vocative | blasfemie, blasfemio | blasfemiilor | |||
Further reading
- “blasfemie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026