English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin blasphēmos ( “ blaspheming ” ) , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Ancient Greek βλάσφημος ( blásphēmos , “ blaspheme ” ) , possibly from βλάξ ( bláx , “ idiot ” ) + φήμη ( phḗmē , “ oracle ” )
Pronunciation
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Adjective
blasphemous (comparative more blasphemous , superlative most blasphemous )
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred . Resembling blasphemy .
His taking the name of God in vain was considered blasphemous .
Translations
lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Catalan: blasfem
Chinese:
Mandarin: 褻瀆神靈 ／ 亵渎神灵 亵渎神灵 ( xièdú shénlíng )
Czech: rouhavý m
Danish: blasfemisk
Esperanto: malpia
Faroese: gudsspottandi
Finnish: rienaava (fi) , pilkkaava (fi)
French: blasphématoire (fr)
Georgian: მკრეხელური ( mḳrexeluri )
German: blasphemisch gotteslästerlich (de)
Greek:
Ancient: βλάσφημος ( blásphēmos )
Irish: blaisféimeach diamhaslach dia-aithiseach naomhaithiseach
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Italian: blasfemo (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blasfemisk
Nynorsk: blasfemisk
Polish: bluźnierczy
Portuguese: blasfemo (pt) m
Romanian: blasfemator (ro)
Russian: богоху́льный (ru) ( bogoxúlʹnyj ) , нечести́вый (ru) ( nečestívyj ) , богоху́льственный (ru) ( bogoxúlʹstvennyj ) , святота́тственный (ru) ( svjatotátstvennyj ) , кощу́нственный (ru) ( koščúnstvennyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бласфѐмичан svȅtogr̄dnī
Roman: blasfèmičan (sh) , svȅtogr̄dan (sh)
Spanish: blasfemo (es)
Swedish: blasfemisk (sv)