blasphemy

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• /ˈblæs.fə.mi/
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From Middle English blasfemie, from Old French blasfemie, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”). Displaced native Old English tāl.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَجْدِيف (tajdīf) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Armenian: սրբապղծություն (srbapġcutʻyun) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Azerbaijani: küfr — irreverence toward something sacred
• Belarusian: блюзьне́рства (bljuzʹnjérstva) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Belarusian: багаху́льства (bahaxúlʹstva) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Bulgarian: богоху́лство (bogohúlstvo) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Catalan: blasfèmia — irreverence toward something sacred
• Cebuano: pasipala — irreverence toward something sacred
• Chinese Cantonese: 褻瀆 /亵渎 (sit3 duk3) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Chinese Mandarin: 褻瀆 /亵渎 (xièdú) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Czech: rouhání — irreverence toward something sacred
• Danish: blasfemi — irreverence toward something sacred
• Dutch: godslastering — irreverence toward something sacred
• Dutch: blasfemie — irreverence toward something sacred
• Esperanto: blasfemo — irreverence toward something sacred
• Finnish: jumalanpilkka — irreverence toward something sacred
• Finnish: rienaus — irreverence toward something sacred
• French: blasphème — irreverence toward something sacred
• Galician: blasfemia — irreverence toward something sacred
• Georgian: მკრეხელობა (mḳrexeloba) — irreverence toward something sacred
• German: Blasphemie — irreverence toward something sacred
• German: Gotteslästerung — irreverence toward something sacred
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (wajamēreins) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (naiteins) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Greek: βλασφημία (vlasfimía) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Ancient Greek: βλασφημία (blasphēmía) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Hebrew: חילול השם (khilúl hashém) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Hindi: ईशनिंदा (īśnindā) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Hindi: देवनिंदा (devnindā) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Hindi: धर्मनिंदा (dharmanindā) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Hindi: ईश्वरनिंदा (īśvarnindā) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Hindi: कुफ़्र (kufra) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Hungarian: istenkáromlás — irreverence toward something sacred
• Icelandic: guðlast — irreverence toward something sacred
• Indonesian: hujatan — irreverence toward something sacred
• Irish: diamhasla — irreverence toward something sacred
• Irish: blaisféim — irreverence toward something sacred
• Irish: dia-aithis — irreverence toward something sacred
• Irish: naomhaithis — irreverence toward something sacred
• Italian: blasfemia — irreverence toward something sacred
• Italian: bestemmia — irreverence toward something sacred
• Japanese: 冒涜 (bōtoku) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Japanese: 不敬 (fukei) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Kazakh: асылық (asylyq) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Latin: blasphēmia — irreverence toward something sacred
• Macedonian: богохулство (bogohulstvo) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Macedonian: богохулие (bogohulie) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Manx: ard-vollaght — irreverence toward something sacred
• Middle English: blasfemie — irreverence toward something sacred
• Middle English: blasfemynge — irreverence toward something sacred
• Norwegian: blasfemi — irreverence toward something sacred
• Old Church Slavonic: власвимиꙗ (vlasvimija) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Old Norse: goðgá — irreverence toward something sacred
• Persian: کفرگویی (kofr-guyi) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Polish: blasfemia — irreverence toward something sacred
• Polish: bluźnierstwo — irreverence toward something sacred
• Polish: profanacja — irreverence toward something sacred
• Polish: świętokradztwo — irreverence toward something sacred
• Brazilian Portuguese: blasfêmia — irreverence toward something sacred
• European Portuguese: blasfémia — irreverence toward something sacred
• Romanian: blasfemie — irreverence toward something sacred
• Russian: богоху́льство (bogoxúlʹstvo) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Russian: кощу́нство (koščúnstvo) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-cainnt — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: baoth-bhriathar — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: dia-aitheas — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: dia-bheum — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: dia-mhaslachadh — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: eacnach — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: grìosadaireachd — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: lughadaireachd — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: lùghadh — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: naomh-aithris — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: naomh-mhallachadh — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: naomh-mhallachd — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: speuradh — irreverence toward something sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: toibheum — irreverence toward something sacred
• Serbo-Croatian: богохуљење — irreverence toward something sacred
• Serbo-Croatian: богохулство — irreverence toward something sacred
• Serbo-Croatian: бласфемија — irreverence toward something sacred
• Serbo-Croatian: bogohuljenje — irreverence toward something sacred
• Serbo-Croatian: bogohulstvo — irreverence toward something sacred
• Serbo-Croatian: blasfemija — irreverence toward something sacred
• Spanish: blasfemia — irreverence toward something sacred
• Swahili: kufuru — irreverence toward something sacred
• Swedish: hädelse — irreverence toward something sacred
• Swedish: blasfemi — irreverence toward something sacred
• Tagalog: kalapastanganan — irreverence toward something sacred
• Tagalog: blaspemya — irreverence toward something sacred
• Thai: การดูหมิ่นศาสนา (gaan duu-mìn sàat-sà-nǎa) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Turkish: küfür — irreverence toward something sacred
• Turkish: hürmetsizlik — irreverence toward something sacred
• Turkish: kutsaltanımazlık — irreverence toward something sacred
• Turkish: dine hakaret — irreverence toward something sacred
• Ottoman Turkish: كفر (küfr) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Ukrainian: богоху́льство (bohoxúlʹstvo) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Ukrainian: блюзні́рство (bljuznírstvo) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Urdu: توہینِ رسالت (tauhīn-e rasālat) — irreverence toward something sacred
• Vietnamese: sự báng bổ tôn giáo — irreverence toward something sacred
• Welsh: cabledd — irreverence toward something sacred