Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

profanate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-fanate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To profane; to make profane.

Example Sentences

"In his play, Mr. Sobol insulted the honor of the Jewish victims and profanated their memory."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin profānāt-, the past participial stem of profānō. By surface analysis, profane + -ate.

Inflected Forms

profanates (present, singular) profanating (participle, present) profanated (participle, past) profanated (past)

Questions

What does profanate mean?: To profane; to make profane.
Where does profanate come from?: Learned borrowing from Classical Latin profānāt-, the past participial stem of profānō. By surface analysis, profane + -ate.

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