profanity

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• UK: /pɹəˈfænɪti/
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• US: /pɹəˈfænɪti/
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• US: [pɹəˈfɛənɪti] /æ/ raising
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• US: /pɹoʊˈfænɪti/
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• US: [pɹoʊˈfɛənɪti] /æ/ raising
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Borrowed from Latin profānitās. By surface analysis, profane + -ity.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lapërdhi — quality of being profane
• Arabic: تَجْدِيف (tajdīf) — quality of being profane
• Arabic: بَذَاءَة (baḏāʔa) — quality of being profane
• Bulgarian: богохулство (bogohulstvo) — quality of being profane
• Catalan: profanitat — quality of being profane
• Finnish: rienaus — quality of being profane
• Finnish: hävyttömyys — quality of being profane
• French: impiété — quality of being profane
• German: Profanität — quality of being profane
• German: Respektlosigkeit — quality of being profane
• German: Gotteslästerlichkeit — quality of being profane
• Greek: αθυροστομία (athyrostomía) — quality of being profane
• Indonesian: kenistaan — quality of being profane
• Irish: naomhaithis — quality of being profane
• Irish: mallachtach — quality of being profane
• Japanese: 冒瀆 — quality of being profane
• Japanese: 冒涜 (bōtoku) — quality of being profane
• Macedonian: бого́хулство (bogóhulstvo) — quality of being profane
• Persian: بیحرمتی (bi-hormati) — quality of being profane
• Portuguese: profanidade — quality of being profane
• Russian: профана́ция (profanácija) — quality of being profane
• Russian: богоху́льство (bogoxúlʹstvo) — quality of being profane
• Spanish: profanidad — quality of being profane
• Tagalog: tungayaw — quality of being profane
• Albanian: lapërdhi — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Arabic: قَبَاحَة (qabāḥa) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Bulgarian: ругатни (rugatni) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Chinese Cantonese: 粗口 (cou1 hau2) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Chinese Mandarin: 粗口 (cūkǒu) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Chinese Mandarin: 髒話 /脏话 (zānghuà) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Dutch: krachtterm — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Finnish: kirosana — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• French: insanité — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• French: gros mot — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• French: vulgarité — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• French: grossièreté — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• German: Fluch — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• German: Obszönität — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• German: Schimpfwort — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Greek: αθυροστομία (athyrostomía) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Hebrew: גסות (gasút) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Hebrew: ניבול פה — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Ido: juracho — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Indonesian: bahasa kasar — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Indonesian: bahasa kotor — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Indonesian: makian — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Indonesian: umpatan — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Indonesian: kata-kata kotor — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Japanese: 雑言 (zōgon) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Japanese: 卑語 (higo) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Javanese: pisuhan — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Korean: 욕설 (yokseol) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Korean: 비어 (bieo) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Korean: 잡언 (jabeon) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Korean: 비속어 (bisogeo) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Latin: turpiloquium — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Macedonian: пцо́сти (pcósti) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Macedonian: пцо́вки (pcóvki) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Malay: makian — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Māori: kangakanga — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Classical Nahuatl: ahcuallahtōlli — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Norwegian Bokmål: banneord — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Norwegian Bokmål: banning — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Norwegian Bokmål: bannskap — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Norwegian Bokmål: kraftuttrykk — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Norwegian Bokmål: ukvemsord — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Polish: przekleństwo — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Polish: wulgaryzm — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Portuguese: profanidade — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Romanian: înjurătură — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Russian: скверносло́вие (skvernoslóvije) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Russian: ру́гань (rúganʹ) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Russian: ма́терщина (máterščina) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Russian: мат (mat) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Russian: брань (branʹ) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Russian: ненормати́вная ле́ксика (nenormatívnaja léksika) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Serbo-Croatian: псо̑вка — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Serbo-Croatian: psȏvka — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Spanish: lenguaje soez — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Spanish: soeza — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Turkish: küfür — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Turkish: küfürlü konuşma — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Ottoman Turkish: كفر (küfr) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Ukrainian: лихослі́в'я (lyxoslívʺja) — obscene, lewd or abusive language
• Ukrainian: ненормати́вна ле́ксика (nenormatývna léksyka) — obscene, lewd or abusive language