profane in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for profane in the French»English Dictionary

I.profane [pʀɔfan] ADJ

1. profane (non religieux):

profane fête, art, littérature

secular

amour profane

profane love

2. profane (non initié):

être profane en la matière

to know nothing about the subject, to be a layman

II.profane [pʀɔfan] N mf

1. profane (non-initié):

profane

layman/laywoman

2. profane REL:

profane

nonbeliever

III.profane [pʀɔfan] N m

le profane et le sacré

the sacred and the profane

profaner [pʀɔfane] VB trans

profaner temple, tombe

to desecrate

profaner sentiment, mémoire, nom, beauté

to defile

profaner famille, institution

to debase

profaner innocence

to violate

Translations for profane in the English»French Dictionary

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profane

profane

profane

profaner

layperson

profane mf

layman (gen)

profane m

the uninitiated + vb pl

le profane

secular belief, music

profane

the uninformed + vb pl

le profane

desecrate altar, shrine

profaner

defile

profaner

profane in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for profane in the French»English Dictionary

I.profane [pʀɔfan] ADJ

1. profane (ignorant):

profane auditoire, public

lay

je suis profane en la matière

I'm uninitiated in the subject

2. profane (↔ religieux):

profane musique

profane

profane fête, monde

secular

II.profane [pʀɔfan] N mf (non initié)

profane

layman m

profane

laywoman f

les profanes

the uninitiated

III.profane [pʀɔfan] N m REL

le profane

the profane

profaner [pʀɔfane] VB trans

profaner

to profane

Translations for profane in the English»French Dictionary

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layman

profane m

lay

profane

laywoman

profane f

profane

profane

desecrate

profaner

violate a tomb

profaner

profane Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

je suis profane en la matière

I'm uninitiated in the subject

le profane

the profane