profano

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanar

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanar

• IPA^(key): /proˈfa.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: pro‧fà‧no

From Latin profānus.

profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profani, feminine plural profane)

1. profane
2. ignorant, unskilled

• profanamente

• profanare
• profanità

profano m (invariable)

1. the profane

   Antonym: sacro

profano m (plural profani, feminine profana)

1. layman

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanare

• profano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

In sense 1, from pro (“in front of, before”) +‎ fānum (“temple”) +‎ -ō. In senses 2-3, from profānus (“profane, secular”) +‎ -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prɔˈfaː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈfaː.no]

profānō (present infinitive profānāre, perfect active profānāvī, supine profānātum); first conjugation

1. to offer (in front of a temple, shrine, etc.)
2. to desecrate, profane
3. to violate, pollute

profānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of profānus

• “profano”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profano”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profano in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “prōfanō” on page 1622 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

• Hyphenation: pro‧fa‧no

Learned borrowing from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from prō- (“before”) +‎ fānum (“temple”).

profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profanos, feminine plural profanas)

1. profane; unholy (desecrating a holy place or thing)

   Synonyms: blasfemador, blasfemo, herege, herético, ímpio

   Antonyms: sacro, sagrado, santo

2. profane; secular (not relating to religion)

   Synonyms: laico, leigo, mundano, secular, temporal

   Antonyms: eclesiástico, religioso

profano m (plural profanos, feminine profana, feminine plural profanas)

1. one who is profane (desecrating a holy place or thing)

   Synonym: profanador

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanar

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfano/ [pɾoˈfa.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: pro‧fa‧no

From Latin profānus.

profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profanos, feminine plural profanas)

1. profane; unholy (desecrating a holy place or thing)
2. profane; secular (not relating to religion)
3. inexperienced, amateur

   Synonym: inexperto

profano m (plural profanos, feminine profana, feminine plural profanas)

1. amateur

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanar

• “profano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024