propreté

== French == === Etymology === From propre +‎ -eté. Compare propriété. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɔ.pʁə.te/ === Noun === propreté f (plural propretés) cleanliness; cleanness === Further reading === “propreté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === proprieté === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin proprietas, proprietatem. === Noun === propreté oblique singular, f (oblique plural propretez, nominative singular propreté, nominative plural propretez) (often Anglo-Norman) ownership (the right to own, to possess) property (something that one owns) ==== Descendants ==== Anglo-Norman: propreté → Middle English: propertee, properte, propirte, proprete English: property Middle French: proprieté → Middle English: propriete (“ownership”) English: propriety French: propriété === References === propreté on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub