profanity

English

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Alternative forms

• prophanity (hypercorrect, obsolete)

Etymology

profane +‎ -ity

Noun

profanity (countable and uncountable; plural profanities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being profane.

   His profanity left the entire audience in shock.

2. (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

   He ran up and down the street screaming profanities like a madman.

Translations

quality of being profane

French: impiété (fr) f.

obscene, lewd or abusive language

Finnish: kirosana (fi) French: insanité (fr) f., gros mot (fr) m. Polish: przekleństwo (pl) n., wulgaryzm (pl) m.

Romanian: înjurătură (ro) f. Russian: сквернословие (ru) (skvernoslóvije) n., ругань (ru) (rúgan') f., матерщина (ru) (máterščina) f., мат (ru) (mat) m., брань (ru) (bran') f.