blaspheme

See also blasphémé, and blasphème

English

Etymology

Old French blaspheme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmō, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasfēmō).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌblæsˈfiːm/, /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/
• (US) IPA: /ˈblæs.fim/

Noun

blaspheme (plural blasphemes)

1. Things said against religion or a god.

Synonyms

• (things said against religion or a god): blasphemy

Translations

things said against the Church or God

• Bulgarian: богохулство (bg) (bogohulstvo) n
• Finnish: jumalanpilkka (fi)
• German: Blasphemie (de) f, Gotteslästerung (de) f
• Greek: βλασφημία (el) (vlasfimia) f

• Latin: blasphēmia (la) f
• Persian: کفر گفتن، حمله به مقدسات (fa)
• Russian: богохульство (ru) (bogoxúl'stvo) n
• Swedish: hädelse (sv) c, blasfemi (sv)

Verb

blaspheme (third-person singular simple present blasphemes, present participle blaspheming, simple past and past participle blasphemed)

1. To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Mark 3:29

     But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.

   • 1980, The Blues Brothers:

     Mrs. Murphy: Don't you blaspheme in here!

Translations

to speak against God or religious doctrine

• Arabic: جدف على (ar) (jaddaf `alaa)
• Bulgarian: богохулствам
• Dalmatian: blasmur
• Danish: bespotte
• Finnish: pilkata Jumalaa (fi)
• French: blasphémer (fr)
• Galician: blasfemar (gl)
• German: blasphemieren (de), Gott lästern (de)
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wajamerjan)

• Greek: βλασφημώ (el) (vlasfimo)
• Italian: bestemmiare (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: blasphēmō (la)
• Portuguese: blasfemar (pt)
• Romanian: blestema (ro)
• Russian: богохульничать (ru) (bogoxúl'ničat')
• Spanish: blasfemar (es)
• Turkish: küfretmek (tr)

Related terms

• blasphemer
• blasphemingly
• blasphemous
• blasphemously
• blasphemy

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Latin

Adjective

blasphēme

1. vocative masculine singular of blasphēmus