"blaspheme" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌblæsˈfiːm/ [UK], /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/ [UK], /ˈblæs.fim/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blaspheme.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blasphemes [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -iːm Etymology: From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blasfemen}} Middle English blasfemen, {{m|enm|blasphemen}} blasphemen, {{der|en|fro|blasfemer}} Old French blasfemer, {{der|en|LL.|blasphemo|blasphēmāre}} Late Latin blasphēmāre, {{der|en|grc|βλασφημέω}} Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō), {{doublet|en|blame}} Doublet of blame Head templates: {{en-noun}} blaspheme (plural blasphemes)
  1. Obsolete spelling of blasphemy Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: blasphemy Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-blaspheme-en-noun-5qDG1hPT Disambiguation of Christianity: 19 44 36 2

Verb

IPA: /ˌblæsˈfiːm/ [UK], /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/ [UK], /ˈblæs.fim/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blaspheme.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blasphemes [present, singular, third-person], blaspheming [participle, present], blasphemed [participle, past], blasphemed [past]
Rhymes: (UK) -iːm Etymology: From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blasfemen}} Middle English blasfemen, {{m|enm|blasphemen}} blasphemen, {{der|en|fro|blasfemer}} Old French blasfemer, {{der|en|LL.|blasphemo|blasphēmāre}} Late Latin blasphēmāre, {{der|en|grc|βλασφημέω}} Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō), {{doublet|en|blame}} Doublet of blame Head templates: {{en-verb}} blaspheme (third-person singular simple present blasphemes, present participle blaspheming, simple past and past participle blasphemed)
  1. (intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (to speak against God or religious doctrine): βλασφημέω (blasphēméō) (Ancient Greek), جَدَّفَ عَلَى (jaddafa ʕalā) (Arabic), богохулствам (bogohulstvam) (Bulgarian), blasfemar (Catalan), 褻瀆 (Chinese Mandarin), 亵渎 (xièdú) (Chinese Mandarin), rouhat se [imperfective] (Czech), blasmur (Dalmatian), bespotte (Danish), God lasteren (Dutch), blasfemi (Esperanto), pilkata Jumalaa (Finnish), blasphémer (French), blasfemar (Galician), blasphemieren (German), Gott lästern (German), lästern [archaic] (German), 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wajamērjan) (Gothic), βλασφημώ (vlasfimó) (Greek), נאץ (Hebrew), blasfemar (Ido), menghujat (Indonesian), diamhaslaigh (Irish), bestemmiare (Italian), blasphēmō (Latin), plūstis (Lithuanian), богохулење (bogohulenje) (Macedonian), blasfemen (Middle English), spotte (Norwegian), bluźnić [imperfective] (Polish), zbluźnić [perfective] (Polish), blasfemar (Portuguese), blestema (Romanian), богоху́льничать (bogoxúlʹničatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), кощу́нствовать (koščúnstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), rúhať sa [imperfective] (Slovak), blasfemar (Spanish), häda (Swedish), smäda (Swedish), küfretmek (Turkish), богоху́льствувати (bohoxúlʹstvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), לעסטערן (lestern) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-blaspheme-en-verb-VWvTLBF7 Disambiguation of Christianity: 19 44 36 2 Disambiguation of 'to speak against God or religious doctrine': 98 2 0
  2. (transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-blaspheme-en-verb-KtYYLp7w Disambiguation of Christianity: 19 44 36 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 13 73 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 18 69 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 63 2 17 3 2 1 2
  3. (transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-blaspheme-en-verb-xh26O-KH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blaspheme-vine Related terms: blasphemer, blasphemingly, blasphemous, blasphemously, blasphemy

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          "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
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      "roman": "jaddafa ʕalā",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "جَدَّفَ عَلَى"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bogohulstvam",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "богохулствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasfemar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "褻瀆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xièdú",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "亵渎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rouhat se"
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      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "bespotte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "God lasteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasfemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "pilkata Jumalaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasphémer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasfemar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasphemieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "Gott lästern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lästern"
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    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "wajamērjan",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vlasfimó",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "βλασφημώ"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "βλασφημέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "נאץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasfemar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "menghujat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "diamhaslaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "bestemmiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasphēmō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "plūstis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bogohulenje",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "богохулење"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasfemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "spotte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bluźnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zbluźnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasfemar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blestema"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bogoxúlʹničatʹ",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "богоху́льничать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koščúnstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "кощу́нствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "rúhať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "blasfemar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "häda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "smäda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "küfretmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bohoxúlʹstvuvaty",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "богоху́льствувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "lestern",
      "sense": "to speak against God or religious doctrine",
      "word": "לעסטערן"
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}

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