blasfemie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌblɑs.feːˈmi/

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• Hyphenation: blas‧fe‧mie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

blasfemie f (plural blasfemieën, no diminutive)

1. blasphemy

Related terms

• blasfematorisch
• blasfemeren
• blasfemisch

Italian

Noun

blasfemie f

1. plural of blasfemia

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blasfemye, blasefleme, blasphem, blaspheme, blasphemie, blasphemy, blasphemye
• blasfamye (Northwest Midland); blasfeme (Northern)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French blasfemie, blasfeme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía); equivalent to blasfemen +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌblasfɛˈmiː(ə)/, /ˈblasfɛmiː(ə)/, /ˈblasfɛm(ə)/

Noun

blasfemie (plural blasfemies)

1. Blasphemy; insulting acts or speech against a deity.
2. (more generally) Defamation; slanderous speech.

Descendants

• English: blasphemy
• Middle Scots: blasphemie
  • Scots: blasphemy

References

• “blasfemīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”). Compare the inherited blastenge, from blasphēmium.

Noun

blasfemie oblique singular, f (oblique plural blasfemies, nominative singular blasfemie, nominative plural blasfemies)

1. blasphemy

Descendants

• French: blasphémie
• → Middle English: blasfemie, blasfemye, blasefleme, blasphem, blaspheme, blasphemie, blasphemy, blasphemye, blasfamye (Northwest Midland), blasfeme (Northern)
  • English: blasphemy
  • Middle Scots: blasphemie
    • Scots: blasphemy

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “blasfemie”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin blasphēmia. Compare blestem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blasfeˈmi.e/

Noun

blasfemie f (plural blasfemii)

1. blasphemy

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	blasfemie	blasfemia	blasfemii	blasfemiile
genitive-dative	blasfemii	blasfemiei	blasfemii	blasfemiilor
vocative	blasfemie, blasfemio		blasfemiilor

Further reading

• “blasfemie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026