profond
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French profond, from Old French profont, relatinization of inherited parfont, parfunt, from Latin profundus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.fɔ̃/
Audio (France) (file) Audio (Montréal, Canada) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔ̃
- Homophone: profonds
Adjective
profond (feminine profonde, masculine plural profonds, feminine plural profondes)
- deep
- le lac est profond de 100 mètres
- the lake is 100 metres deep
- profound
- (of a region, country or continent, sometimes derogatory) rural, small-town, provincial, heartland; authentic, true
- la Wallonie profonde, la France profonde, l’Afrique profonde ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 2014, Charles de Gaulle, Lettres, notes et carnets, tome 4 : 1941-1943, Plon, →ISBN:
- Mais les Nations Unies ont les moyens de faire échouer ce plan de Hitler et la France profonde, la vraie France, espère de toute son âme qu’elles sauront les employer.
- But the United Nations has the means to foil this plan of Hitler's, and the French heartlands, the real France, hope with all their heart that it will be able to use them.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “profond”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɔˈfɔnt/
- Rhymes: -ɔnt
Adjective
Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French profont.
Adjective
profond m (feminine singular profonde, masculine plural profonds, feminine plural profondes)
- deep (of water, etc.)
Descendants
- French: profond
References
- profond on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Romanian
Adjective
profond m or n (feminine singular profondă, masculine plural profonzi, feminine and neuter plural profonde)
- Obsolete form of profund.
Declension
Declension of profond
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | profond | profondă | profonzi | profonde | ||
definite | profondul | profonda | profonzii | profondele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | profond | profonde | profonzi | profonde | ||
definite | profondului | profondei | profonzilor | profondelor |
References
- profond in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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