profano

See also: profanó and profanò

Catalan

Verb

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanar

Galician

Verb

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈfa.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: pro‧fà‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin profānus.

Adjective

profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profani, feminine plural profane)

1. profane
2. ignorant, unskilled

Derived terms

• profanamente

Related terms

• profanare
• profanità

Noun

profano m (invariable)

1. the profane

   Antonym: sacro

Noun

profano m (plural profani, feminine profana)

1. layman

Etymology 2

Verb

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanare

Further reading

• profano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

In sense 1, from pro (“in front of, before”) +‎ fānum (“temple”) +‎ -ō. In senses 2-3, from profānus (“profane, secular”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈfaː.noː/, [prɔˈfäːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfa.no/, [proˈfäːno]

Verb

profānō (present infinitive profānāre, perfect active profānāvī, supine profānātum); first conjugation

1. to offer (in front of a temple, shrine, etc.)
2. to desecrate, profane
3. to violate, pollute

Conjugation

   Conjugation of profānō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	profānō	profānās	profānat	profānāmus	profānātis	profānant
	imperfect	profānābam	profānābās	profānābat	profānābāmus	profānābātis	profānābant
	future	profānābō	profānābis	profānābit	profānābimus	profānābitis	profānābunt
	perfect	profānāvī	profānāvistī	profānāvit	profānāvimus	profānāvistis	profānāvērunt, profānāvēre
	pluperfect	profānāveram	profānāverās	profānāverat	profānāverāmus	profānāverātis	profānāverant
	future perfect	profānāverō	profānāveris	profānāverit	profānāverimus	profānāveritis	profānāverint
passive	present	profānor	profānāris, profānāre	profānātur	profānāmur	profānāminī	profānantur
	imperfect	profānābar	profānābāris, profānābāre	profānābātur	profānābāmur	profānābāminī	profānābantur
	future	profānābor	profānāberis, profānābere	profānābitur	profānābimur	profānābiminī	profānābuntur
	perfect	profānātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	profānātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	profānātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	profānem	profānēs	profānet	profānēmus	profānētis	profānent
imperfect	profānārem	profānārēs	profānāret	profānārēmus	profānārētis	profānārent
perfect	profānāverim	profānāverīs	profānāverit	profānāverīmus	profānāverītis	profānāverint
pluperfect	profānāvissem	profānāvissēs	profānāvisset	profānāvissēmus	profānāvissētis	profānāvissent
passive	present	profāner	profānēris, profānēre	profānētur	profānēmur	profānēminī	profānentur
imperfect	profānārer	profānārēris, profānārēre	profānārētur	profānārēmur	profānārēminī	profānārentur
perfect	profānātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	profānātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	profānā	—	—	profānāte	—
	future	—	profānātō	profānātō	—	profānātōte	profānantō
passive	present	—	profānāre	—	—	profānāminī	—
	future	—	profānātor	profānātor	—	—	profānantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		profānāre	profānāvisse	profānātūrum esse	profānārī	profānātum esse	profānātum īrī
participles		profānāns	—	profānātūrus	—	profānātus	profānandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		profānandī	profānandō	profānandum	profānandō	profānātum	profānātū

Descendants

• Catalan: profanar
• English: profane
• French: profaner
• Friulian: profanâ
• Galician: profanar
• Italian: profanare
• Occitan: profanar
• Piedmontese: profané
• Portuguese: profanar
• Romanian: profana
• Spanish: profanar

Adjective

profānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of profānus

References

• “profano”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profano”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profano in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “prōfanō” on page 1622 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈfɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈfɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈfa.nu/

• Hyphenation: pro‧fa‧no

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from prō- (“before”) +‎ fānum (“temple”).

Adjective

profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profanos, feminine plural profanas)

1. profane; unholy (desecrating a holy place or thing)

   Synonyms: blasfemador, blasfemo, herege, herético, ímpio

   Antonyms: sacro, sagrado, santo

2. profane; secular (not relating to religion)

   Synonyms: laico, leigo, mundano, secular, temporal

   Antonyms: eclesiástico, religioso

Noun

profano m (plural profanos, feminine profana, feminine plural profanas)

1. one who is profane (desecrating a holy place or thing)

   Synonym: profanador

Related terms

• profanado
• profanador
• profanamente
• profanar
• profanatório
• profanável
• profanete
• profanidade

 

Etymology 2

Verb

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfano/ [pɾoˈfa.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: pro‧fa‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin profānus.

Adjective

profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profanos, feminine plural profanas)

1. profane; unholy (desecrating a holy place or thing)
2. profane; secular (not relating to religion)
3. inexperienced, amateur

Derived terms

• profanamente

 

Related terms

• profanar
• profanidad

 

Noun

profano m (plural profanos, feminine profana, feminine plural profanas)

1. amateur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

profano

1. first-person singular present indicative of profanar

Further reading

• “profano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10