profile

See also profilé

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French profil (“a profile”), from Italian profilo (“a border”), later also proffilo (“a side-face, profile”), from pro-, from Latin pro (“before”) + filo (“a line, stroke, thread”), from Latin filum (“a thread”); see file.

Noun

profile (countable and uncountable; plural profiles)

1. (countable) the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object

   His fingers traced the profile of the handle.

2. (countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.

   The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.

3. (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person

   Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.

4. (countable) a specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems

   I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.

5. (uncountable) reputation
6. (uncountable) the amount by which something protrudes

   Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.

7. (uncountable) prominence; noticeability

   Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.

8. (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
9. character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses)

   What's the thermal profile on that thing?

Antonyms

• (print mode or selection) portrait

Translations

the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object

• Arabic: الحدود الخارجية (ar)
• Finnish: profiili, ääriviivat pl, siluetti
• French: contour (fr) m

• Japanese: 輪郭 (ja) (rinkaku)
• Russian: профиль (ru) (prófil') m
• Swedish: profil (sv) c

the shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side

• Arabic: صورة جانبية (ar)
• Czech: profil (cs) m
• Finnish: profiili, sivukuva
• French: profil (fr) m
• Japanese: 横顔 (ja) (yokogao)

• Maori: topenga (mi)
• Portuguese: perfil (pt) m
• Russian: профиль (ru) (prófil') m
• Spanish: perfil (es) m
• Turkish: profil (tr)

a summary or collection of information, especially about a person

• Arabic: سيرة
• Finnish: profiili, henkilökuva
• French: profil (fr) m
• Japanese: プロフィール (ja) (profīru)
• Korean: 약력 (ko)

• Portuguese: perfil (pt) m
• Russian: профиль (ru) (prófil') m
• Scottish Gaelic: iomradh (gd) m
• Swedish: profil (sv) c

reputation

• Arabic: سمعة
• French: réputation (fr) f

• Japanese: 評判 (ja) (hyōban)
• Russian: профиль (ru) (prófil') m

the amount by which something protrudes

• Arabic: بروز
• Japanese: プロファイル (ja) (purofairu)

• Russian: профиль (ru) (prófil') m

prominence; noticeability

• Arabic: شهرة
• Finnish: profiili

• Japanese: 注目度 (ja) (chūmokudo)
• Russian: профиль (ru) (prófil') m

Verb

profile (third-person singular simple present profiles, present participle profiling, simple past and past participle profiled)

1. to create a summary or collection of information, especially about a person
2. to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype. See profiling.

Translations

to create a summary or collection of information

• Finnish: profiloida (fi)

to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype

External links

• profile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• profile in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• pro-life

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʁɔ.fil/

Verb

profile

1. first-person singular present indicative of profiler
2. third-person singular present indicative of profiler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of profiler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of profiler
5. second-person singular imperative of profiler