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propre
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English
Adjective
propre (comparative more propre, superlative most propre)
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Danish
Adjective
propre
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French propre, borrowed from Latin proprius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
propre (plural propres)
- (before a noun) own
- C'est ma propre maison ― It's my own house
- clean
- une maison propre ― a clean house
- (of a child) toilet-trained
- (of a pet) house-trained
- proper, specific, particular [with à ‘to’]
- Synonym: spécifique
- (mathematics) eigen-
- valeur propre ― eigenvalue
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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
Derived terms
- proprément (“cleanly”)
Old French
Etymology
Adjective
propre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular propre)
Descendants
Swedish
Adjective
propre
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