propre

English

Adjective

propre (comparative more propre, superlative most propre)

1. Obsolete form of proper.

Anagrams

• Proper, per pro, pro per, proper

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Danish

Adjective

propre

1. inflection of proper:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

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French

Etymology

From Old French propre, borrowed from Latin proprius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔpʁ/

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Adjective

propre (plural propres)

1. clean

   une maison propre - a clean house

2. house-trained
3. (before a noun) own

   C'est ma propre maison - It's my own house

4. (mathematics) eigen-

   valeur propre - eigenvalue

5. (followed by the preposition à) proper to, specific to, particular to

   Synonym: spécifique

Derived terms

Derived terms

• nom propre
• propre-à-rien
• propre comme un sou neuf
• proprement

• propreté
• sous-espace propre
• valeur propre
• vecteur propre

Related terms

• approprier
• exproprier
• propriété

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French propre, borrowed from Latin proprius.

Adjective

propre m or f

1. (Jersey) clean

   Synonym: net

Derived terms

• proprément (“cleanly”)

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proprius.

Adjective

propre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular propre)

1. (one's) own
2. proper, appropriate, correct
3. special

Descendants

• English: proper
• French: propre
• Norman: propre