au propre

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o pʁɔpʁ/

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Adverb

au propre

1. in order to improve the appearance

   remettre au propre ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (linguistics) Ellipsis of au sens propre.: literally, in the literal sense

   Synonym: au sens propre

   Coordinate terms: au figuré, au sens figuré