propre

propre (comparative more propre, superlative most propre)

1. Obsolete form of proper.

• Proper, per pro, pro per, proper

propre

1. definite and plural of proper

From Old French propre, borrowed from Latin proprius.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔpʁ/

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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

• approprier
• exproprier
• propriété

• “propre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French propre, borrowed from Latin proprius.

propre m or f

1. (Jersey) clean

• net

• proprément (“cleanly”)

Borrowed from Latin proprius.

propre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular propre)

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

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