proprio

See also: próprio

French

Etymology

Clipping of propriétaire + -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.pʁi.jo/

Noun

proprio m (plural proprios, feminine propriote)

  1. (colloquial) landlord
  2. (colloquial) householder, landowner (real estate proprietor)

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proprius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.prjo/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔprjo
  • Hyphenation: prò‧prio

Adjective

proprio (feminine propria, masculine plural propri, feminine plural proprie)

  1. (possessive) one's, one's own, her (own), its (own), their (own)
    pensare ai fatti proprito mind one's own business
    fare del proprio meglioto do one's best
    in proprioon one's own, by oneself
  2. (possessive, peculiar) characteristic, peculiar, typical
    il cimurro è una malattia propria del canedistemper is a disease peculiar to the dog
  3. (possessive, grammar, mathematics) proper
    nome proprioproper noun

Derived terms

Adverb

proprio

  1. (really) really, quite, indeed
    Anna è proprio bella.Anna is really beautiful.
  2. (exactly) just, quite, exactly
    proprio allorajust then
  3. (focus) (intensifier) very, right, at all
    proprio orathis very minute

Descendants

  • Slavomolisano: proprja

Noun

proprio m (plural propri)

  1. one's own, what belongs to one, one's due
    a ciascuno il proprioto each his own

Pronoun

proprio m (feminine singular propria, masculine plural propri, feminine plural proprie)

  1. (possessive) one's, one's own, her (own), its (own), their (own)

Further reading

  • proprio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From proprius +‎ .

Verb

propriō (present infinitive propriāre, perfect active propriāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to appropriate
Conjugation

1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

propriō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of proprius

References

  • proprio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proprio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Adjective

proprio (feminine propria, masculine plural proprios, feminine plural proprias, not comparable)

  1. obsolete spelling of próprio

Spanish

Adjective

proprio (feminine propria, masculine plural proprios, feminine plural proprias)

  1. obsolete spelling of propio

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