profond

Inherited from Middle French profond, from Old French profont, relatinization of inherited parfont, parfunt, from Latin profundus.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.fɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: profonds

profond (feminine profonde, masculine plural profonds, feminine plural profondes)

1. deep

   le lac est profond de 100 mètres

   the lake is 100 metres deep

2. profound
3. (of a region, country or continent, sometimes derogatory) rural, small-town, provincial, heartland; authentic, true

   la Wallonie profonde, la France profonde, l'Afrique profonde ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 2014, Charles de Gaulle, Lettres, notes et carnets, tome 4 : 1941-1943, Plon, →ISBN:

     Mais les Nations Unies ont les moyens de faire échouer ce plan de Hitler et la France profonde, la vraie France, espère de toute son âme qu'elles sauront les employer.

     But the United Nations has the means to foil this plan of Hitler's, and the French heartlands, the real France, hope with all their heart that it will be able to use them.

• approfondir
• gorge profonde
• profondément
• profondeur

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

Borrowed from Italian profondo.

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈfɔnt/
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

profond (feminine singular profonda, plural profondi)

1. profound, deep (intellectually deep)

• parfont
• profund

From Old French profont.

profond m (feminine singular profonde, masculine plural profonds, feminine plural profondes)

1. deep (of water, etc.)

profond m (plural profonds)

1. bottom (lowest part)

• French: profond

• profond on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

profond m or n (feminine singular profondă, masculine plural profonzi, feminine and neuter plural profonde)

1. obsolete form of profund

• profond in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN