profaner

pʁɔfanɛ

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Definition of profaner - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

figuré

Rare

utiliser mal quelque chose de précieux ou respectable

Rare

Il profane son talent en écrivant des textes vulgaires.

avilir

galvauder

religion

Rare

traiter avec mépris des objets ou lieux religieux sacrés

Rare

Il a profané l'église en y entrant avec des chaussures sales.

lieu sacré

Rare

commettre un acte irrespectueux dans un lieu sacré

Rare

Les vandales ont profané le cimetière pendant la nuit.

souiller

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Origin of profaner

latin, profanare (dédier au profane)

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souiller

profaner

rendre impur religieusement ou moralement

violation de sépulture

délit pénal

délit qui consiste à profaner ou endommager une tombe

Examples of profaner in a sentence

Certains profanent l’art en le réduisant à un simple commerce.
Des vandales ont profané le cimetière pendant la nuit.
Il ne faut jamais profaner des objets sacrés, même par ignorance.
Il est interdit de profaner une église, même par jeu.
Des adolescents ont été arrêtés pour avoir profané un temple ancien.

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English:debase, desecrate, ...
German:missbrauchen, schänden, ...
Italian:profanare, desecrar, ...
Spanish:profanar, ultrajar, ...
Portuguese:profanar, ...
Chinese:亵渎, 冒犯, ...
Japanese:無駄にする, 不敬な行為をする, ...
Arabic:أساء استخدام, دنس, ...
Hebrew:לְחַלֵּל, לְפְגּוֹעַ בִּקְדוּשָׁה, ...
Russian:растрачивать впустую, осквернять, ...
Ukrainian:зневажати, профанувати, ...
Catalan:profanar, trencar la sacralitat, ...
Danish:vanhellige, skænde, ...
Dutch:verkwanselen, schenden, ...
Greek:διαστρεβλώνω, βεβηλώνω, ...
Khmer:បំពាន, បំពានបូជនីយដ្ឋាន, ...
Korean:모독하다, 신성모독하다, ...
Polish:marnować, profanować, ...
Portuguese (BR):profanar, desrespeitar, ...
Romanian:a profana, a sacrifica, ...
Swedish:vanhelga, skända, ...
Thai:ทำให้เสื่อมเสีย, ลบหลู่, ...
Turkish:heba etmek, kirletmek, ...
Vietnamese:phí phạm, xúc phạm, ...

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