profan

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin profanus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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profan

  1. profane

Noun

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profan m (plural profans)

  1. layman

German

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Etymology

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From Latin profanus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʁoˈfaːn/
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Adjective

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profan (strong nominative masculine singular profaner, comparative profaner, superlative am profansten)

  1. profane
    Antonym: sakral

Declension

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Further reading

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  • profan” in Duden online
  • profan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin profanus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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profan m (feminine singular profana, masculine plural profans, feminine plural profanas)

  1. profane
    Antonym: sacrat
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Noun

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profan m (plural profans, feminine profana, feminine plural profanas)

  1. layman

Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin profanus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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profan

  1. profane
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Noun

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profan m

  1. layman

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French profane, from Latin profanus.

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Adjective

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profan m or n (feminine singular profană, masculine plural profani, feminine and neuter plural profane)

  1. profane

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative
indefinite profan profană profani profane
definite profanul profana profanii profanele
genitive/
dative
indefinite profan profane profani profane
definite profanului profanei profanilor profanelor

Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin profanus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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profan (comparative profanare, superlative profanast)

  1. profane

Declension

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Inflection of profan
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular profan profanare profanast
Neuter singular profant profanare profanast
Plural profana profanare profanast
Masculine plural3 profane profanare profanast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 profane profanare profanaste
All profana profanare profanaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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