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Dictionary translations for "propre"

propre adjective

propre / propre / propres / propres

own [əun] (personnel)

Chacun a son propre caractère.

Everyone has a character of his own.

clean [kli:n] (objet, travail, personne)

Il garde sa chambre propre.

He keeps his room clean.

neat [ni:t] (nettoyage)

Sa chambre est tout sauf propre.

His room is anything but neat.

liable [ˈlaɪəbl]

literal [ˈlɪtərəl] (sens)

tidy [ˈtaɪdɪ] (vêtements)

acceptable [əkˈseptəbl] (conduite)

peculiar [pɪˈkju:ljə]

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Phrases with "propre" (55)

de leur propre chef - on their own initiative
de son propre chef - on his own initiative
amour propre - self-esteem
nom propre - proper name
à ta propre discrétion - at your own discretion
à votre propre discrétion - at your own discretion
au propre - literally
au propre comme au figuré - both literally and figuratively
au sens propre - literally
au sens propre de - in the proper sense of

Contexts with "propre"

Chacun a son propre caractère. Everyone has a character of his own.

Il garde sa chambre propre. He keeps his room clean.

Sa chambre est tout sauf propre. His room is anything but neat.

Tous les génies ne sont pas des ingénieurs, mais tous les ingénieurs sont des génies. L'ensemble de tous les ingénieurs est donc un sous-ensemble, malheureusement propre, de tous les génies. Not all geniuses are engineers, but all engineers are geniuses. The set of all engineers is thus an, unfortunately proper, subset of all geniuses.

Il creuse sa propre tombe. He is digging his own grave.

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