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Yes. The word profane is a Scrabble US word. The word profane is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is profane a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word profane is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

PROFANE,

6-letter words (1 found)

FORANE,

5-letter words (13 found)

AFORE,APRON,ARPEN,FRAPE,FRENA,FREON,OPERA,PAEON,PAREN,PAREO,PORAE,PREON,PRONE,

4-letter words (47 found)

AEON,AERO,AFRO,APER,EARN,EOAN,FANE,FANO,FARE,FARO,FEAR,FERN,FOEN,FONE,FORA,FORE,FRAE,FRAP,FROE,NAPE,NARE,NEAP,NEAR,NOPE,ONER,OPEN,ORFE,PANE,PARE,PEAN,PEAR,PEON,PERN,PONE,PORE,PORN,PRAO,PROA,PROF,RAPE,REAN,REAP,RENO,REPO,ROAN,RONE,ROPE,

3-letter words (51 found)

ANE,APE,APO,ARE,ARF,EAN,EAR,EON,ERA,ERF,ERN,FAE,FAN,FAP,FAR,FEN,FER,FOE,FON,FOP,FOR,FRA,FRO,NAE,NAP,NEF,NEP,NOR,OAF,OAR,ONE,OPA,OPE,ORA,ORE,ORF,PAN,PAR,PEA,PEN,PER,POA,PRE,PRO,RAN,RAP,REF,REN,REO,REP,ROE,

2-letter words (21 found)

AE,AN,AR,EA,EF,EN,ER,FA,FE,NA,NE,NO,OE,OF,ON,OP,OR,PA,PE,PO,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 135 words from profane according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of profane

profane

Alternative forms

  • prophane (obsolete, hypercorrect)

Etymology

From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəˈfeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

profane (comparative profaner or more profane, superlative profanest or most profane)

  1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
  2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
  3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
  4. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain

Synonyms

  • (obscene): vulgar, inappropriate, obscene, debased, uncouth, offensive, ignoble, mean, lewd, wicked
  • (not sacred): secular, unsanctified, unhallowed, unholy, irreligious, temporal, worldly, ungodly, impious, godless
  • (taking God's name in vain): irreverent

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of "not sacred or holy"): faithful, holy, orthodox, religious, sacred, sacrosanct, spiritual

Translations

Noun

profane (plural profanes)

  1. A person or thing that is profane.
  2. (Freemasonry) A person not a Mason.

Verb

profane (third-person singular simple present profanes, present participle profaning, simple past and past participle profaned)

  1. (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
  2. (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

Synonyms

  • (violate something sacred): defile, unhallow; see also Thesaurus:desecrate
  • (put to a wrong or unworthy use): abase, adulterate, degrade, demean, misapply, misuse, pervert

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "violate something sacred"): consecrate, sanctify; see also Thesaurus:consecrate

Translations

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin profānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.fan/

Adjective

profane (plural profanes)

  1. secular; lay
    Synonyms: laïque, séculier
    Antonym: sacré
  2. profane

Related terms

Further reading

  • “profane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

profane

  1. inflection of profanar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Adjective

profane f pl

  1. feminine plural of profano

Noun

profane f

  1. plural of profana

Latin

Adjective

profāne

  1. vocative masculine singular of profānus

References

  • “profane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • profane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

profane

  1. inflection of profanar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈfane/ [pɾoˈfa.ne]
  • Rhymes: -ane
  • Syllabification: pro‧fa‧ne

Verb

profane

  1. inflection of profanar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adjective

profane

  1. definite natural masculine singular of profan

Source: wiktionary.org