blaspheme

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• UK: /ˌblæsˈfiːm/
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• UK: /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/
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• US: /ˈblæs.fim/
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• rhymes with (UK) -iːm
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From Middle English blasfeme, blasphem, blaspheme, from Middle French blaspheme, from Old French blasfeme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía).

From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَدَّفَ عَلَى (jaddafa ʕalā) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Bulgarian: богохулствам (bogohulstvam) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Catalan: blasfemar — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Chinese Mandarin: 褻瀆 /亵渎 (xièdú) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Czech: rouhat se — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Dalmatian: blasmur — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Danish: bespotte — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Dutch: God lasteren — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Esperanto: blasfemi — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Finnish: pilkata Jumalaa — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• French: blasphémer — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Galician: blasfemar — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• German: blasphemieren — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• German: Gott lästern — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• German: lästern — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wajamērjan) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Greek: βλασφημώ (vlasfimó) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Ancient Greek: βλασφημέω (blasphēméō) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Hebrew: נאץ — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Ido: blasfemar — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Indonesian: menghujat — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Irish: diamhaslaigh — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Italian: bestemmiare — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Latin: blasphēmō — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Lithuanian: plūstis — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Macedonian: богохулење (bogohulenje) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Middle English: blasfemen — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Norwegian: spotte — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Old Church Slavonic: власвимисати (vlasvimisati) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Polish: bluźnić — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Polish: zbluźnić — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Portuguese: blasfemar — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Romanian: blestema — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Russian: богоху́льничать (bogoxúlʹničatʹ) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Russian: кощу́нствовать (koščúnstvovatʹ) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Slovak: rúhať sa — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Spanish: blasfemar — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Swedish: häda — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Swedish: smäda — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Turkish: küfretmek — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Ukrainian: богоху́льствувати (bohoxúlʹstvuvaty) — to speak against God or religious doctrine
• Yiddish: לעסטערן (lestern) — to speak against God or religious doctrine