different between prore vs propre

English

Etymology

From Latin prora (“prow”). Doublet of prow.

Noun

prore (plural prores)

1. (poetic, obsolete) The prow or fore part of a ship.
   • 1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book II, [1]

     These in twelve galleys with vermilion prores

     Beneath his conduct sought the Phrygian shores..

Anagrams

• Perro, Roper, porer, repro, roper

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?re

Noun

prore f

1. plural of prora

Anagrams

• porre

English

Adjective

propre (comparative more propre, superlative most propre)

1. Obsolete form of proper.

Anagrams

• Proper, per pro, pro per, proper

Danish

Adjective

propre

1. inflection of proper:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

French

Etymology

From Old French propre, borrowed from Latin proprius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??p?/

Adjective

propre (plural propres)

1. clean

   une maison propre - a clean house

2. house-trained
3. (before a noun) own

   C'est ma propre maison - It's my own house

4. (mathematics) eigen-

   valeur propre - eigenvalue

5. (followed by the preposition à) proper to, specific to, particular to

   Synonym: spécifique

Derived terms

Related terms

• approprier
• exproprier
• propriété

Further reading

• “propre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French propre, borrowed from Latin proprius.

Adjective

propre m or f

1. (Jersey) clean

   Synonym: net

Derived terms

• proprément (“cleanly”)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proprius.

Adjective

propre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular propre)

1. (one's) own
2. proper, appropriate, correct
3. special

Descendants

• English: proper
• French: propre
• Norman: propre