proprio
التعريفات والمعاني
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Clipping of propriétaire + -o.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pʁɔ.pʁi.jo/
=== Noun ===
proprio m (plural proprios, feminine propriote)
(colloquial) landlord
(colloquial) householder, landowner (real estate proprietor)
=== Further reading ===
“proprio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Italian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
propio (proscribed and colloquial; or archaic)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin proprius.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.prjo/
Rhymes: -ɔprjo
Hyphenation: prò‧prio
=== Adjective ===
proprio (feminine propria, masculine plural propri, feminine plural proprie, adverb propriamente)
(possessive) one's, one's own, her (own), its (own), their (own)
pensare ai fatti propri ― to mind one's own business
fare del proprio meglio ― to do one's best
(possessive, peculiar) characteristic, peculiar, typical
il cimurro è una malattia propria del cane ― distemper is a disease peculiar to the dog
(possessive, grammar, mathematics) proper
nome proprio ― proper noun
==== Related terms ====
=== Adverb ===
proprio
(really) really, quite, indeed
Anna è proprio bella. ― Anna is really beautiful.
(exactly) just, quite, exactly
proprio allora ― right then
(focus) (intensifier) very, right, at all
proprio ora ― this very minute
==== Descendants ====
→ Slavomolisano: proprja
=== Noun ===
proprio m (plural propri)
one's own, what belongs to one, one's due
a ciascuno il proprio ― to each his own
==== Derived terms ====
=== Pronoun ===
proprio m (feminine singular propria, masculine plural propri, feminine plural proprie)
(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 ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprɔ.pri.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.pri.o]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From proprius + -ō.
==== Verb ====
propriō (present infinitive propriāre, perfect active propriāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
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
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)
obsolete spelling of próprio
== Spanish ==
=== Adjective ===
proprio (feminine propria, masculine plural proprios, feminine plural proprias)
obsolete form of propio
=== Further reading ===
“proprio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025