proprio

Clipping of propriétaire + -o.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.pʁi.jo/

proprio m (plural proprios, feminine propriote)

1. (colloquial) landlord
2. (colloquial) householder, landowner (real estate proprietor)

• “proprio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• propio (proscribed; colloquial or archaic)

Borrowed from Latin proprius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.prjo/

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• Rhymes: -ɔprjo
• Hyphenation: prò‧prio

proprio (feminine propria, masculine plural propri, feminine plural proprie, adverb propriamente)

1. (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

2. (possessive, peculiar) characteristic, peculiar, typical

   il cimurro è una malattia propria del cane ― distemper is a disease peculiar to the dog

3. (possessive, grammar, mathematics) proper

   nome proprio ― proper noun

proprio

1. (really) really, quite, indeed

   Anna è proprio bella. ― Anna is really beautiful.

2. (exactly) just, quite, exactly

   proprio allora ― right then

3. (focus) (intensifier) very, right, at all

   proprio ora ― this very minute

• → Slavomolisano: proprja

proprio m (plural propri)

1. one's own, what belongs to one, one's due

   a ciascuno il proprio ― to each his own

proprio m (feminine singular propria, masculine plural propri, feminine plural proprie)

1. (possessive) one's, one's own, her (own), its (own), their (own)

• proprio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔ.pri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.pri.o]

From proprius + -ō.

propriō (present infinitive propriāre, perfect active propriāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to appropriate

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").

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

propriō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of proprius

• “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.

proprio (feminine propria, masculine plural proprios, feminine plural proprias, not comparable)

1. obsolete spelling of próprio

proprio (feminine propria, masculine plural proprios, feminine plural proprias)

1. obsolete form of propio

• “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