profaner
English
Etymology
profane + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Noun
profaner (plural profaners)
- One who profanes; a person who desecrates or defiles.
Translations
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Adjective
profaner
- comparative form of profane: more profane
French
Etymology
From Latin profānāre, present active infinitive of profānō.
Pronunciation
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Verb
profaner
- to profane
Conjugation
Conjugation of profaner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | profaner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | profanant /pʁɔ.fa.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | profané /pʁɔ.fa.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | profane /pʁɔ.fan/ | profanes /pʁɔ.fan/ | profane /pʁɔ.fan/ | profanons /pʁɔ.fa.nɔ̃/ | profanez /pʁɔ.fa.ne/ | profanent /pʁɔ.fan/ |
| imperfect | profanais /pʁɔ.fa.nɛ/ | profanais /pʁɔ.fa.nɛ/ | profanait /pʁɔ.fa.nɛ/ | profanions /pʁɔ.fa.njɔ̃/ | profaniez /pʁɔ.fa.nje/ | profanaient /pʁɔ.fa.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | profanai /pʁɔ.fa.ne/ | profanas /pʁɔ.fa.na/ | profana /pʁɔ.fa.na/ | profanâmes /pʁɔ.fa.nam/ | profanâtes /pʁɔ.fa.nat/ | profanèrent /pʁɔ.fa.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | profanerai /pʁɔ.fan.ʁe/ | profaneras /pʁɔ.fan.ʁa/ | profanera /pʁɔ.fan.ʁa/ | profanerons /pʁɔ.fan.ʁɔ̃/ | profanerez /pʁɔ.fan.ʁe/ | profaneront /pʁɔ.fan.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | profanerais /pʁɔ.fan.ʁɛ/ | profanerais /pʁɔ.fan.ʁɛ/ | profanerait /pʁɔ.fan.ʁɛ/ | profanerions /pʁɔ.fa.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | profaneriez /pʁɔ.fa.nə.ʁje/ | profaneraient /pʁɔ.fan.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | profane /pʁɔ.fan/ | profanes /pʁɔ.fan/ | profane /pʁɔ.fan/ | profanions /pʁɔ.fa.njɔ̃/ | profaniez /pʁɔ.fa.nje/ | profanent /pʁɔ.fan/ |
| imperfect2 | profanasse /pʁɔ.fa.nas/ | profanasses /pʁɔ.fa.nas/ | profanât /pʁɔ.fa.na/ | profanassions /pʁɔ.fa.na.sjɔ̃/ | profanassiez /pʁɔ.fa.na.sje/ | profanassent /pʁɔ.fa.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | profane /pʁɔ.fan/ | — | profanons /pʁɔ.fa.nɔ̃/ | profanez /pʁɔ.fa.ne/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- profane
Further reading
- “profaner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
profāner
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of profānō