propos

See also: propôs and propós

French

Etymology

From proposer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.po/

• Audio (as part of the phrase "à propos")

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Noun

propos m (plural propos)

1. aim, intention
2. remark

Derived terms

• à ce propos
• à propos
• à propos de
• à tout propos
• hors de propos

 

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• prepous
• pourpos
• purpos

Etymology

Deverbal of proposer.

Noun

propos oblique singular, m (oblique plural propos, nominative singular propos, nominative plural propos)

1. purpose
2. aim; goal; intention

Derived terms

• a propos (“relating to; on the subject of”)

Descendants

• French: propos

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (propos, supplement)
• purpos on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub