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{{also|Proper|pro per}}
==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|propa||Tyneside}}
* {{alt|en|propre||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*preyH-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|propre}}, from {{der|en|xno|proper}}, {{m|fro|propre}}, {{der|en|fro|propre}} (French: {{m|fr|propre}}), from {{der|en|la|proprius}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpɹɔp.ə/|a=Australia}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpɹɒp.ə(ɹ)/|a=UK}}
* {{enPR|präpʹər|a=US}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈpɹɑ.pɚ/}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-proper.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒpə(ɹ)|s=2}}
* {{homophones|en|propper}}
* {{hyphenation|en|prop|er}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Suitable.
## [[suit|Suited]] or [[acceptable]] to the [[purpose]] or [[circumstances]]; [[fit]], [[suitable]]. {{defdate|13th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|correct|right|apt|prudent|upright|sensible|fitting|Thesaurus:suitable}}
##: {{ant|en|incorrect|wrong|bad|imprudent|insensible|improper|Thesaurus:unsuitable}}
##: {{ux|en|the '''proper''' time to plant potatoes}}
##* {{RQ:Pope Essay on Man|passage=The '''proper''' study of mankind is man.}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|date=2014-06-14|volume=411|issue=8891|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21604091-it-possible-sniff-out-problems-sewer-pipes-they-happen-its-gas It's a gas]
|passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is '''proper''' drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
## Following the [[established]] [[standard]]s of [[behavior]] or [[manners]]; [[correct]] or [[decorous]]. {{defdate|18th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|appropriate|decent|good|polite|right|well-mannered|upright|Thesaurus:orthodox|Thesaurus:virtuous}}
##: {{ant|en|inappropriate|indecent|bad|impolite|wrong|ill-mannered|unseemly|Thesaurus:unorthodox|Thesaurus:immoral}}
##: {{ux|en|a very '''proper''' young lady}}
##* {{RQ:Hough Purchase Price|chapter=I
|passage=This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.{{...}}Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the '''proper''' garb of men.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=2014|author=Paul Chrystal|title=Tea: A Very British Beverage
|passage=The [[Nippy]] became a national icon, symbolic of the girl next door, always approachable and '''proper'''; {{...}}}}
## {{lb|en|topology|of a [[function]]}} Such that the [[preimage]] of every [[compact]] set is compact.
## {{lb|en|topology|of a [[function]]}} [[continuous|Continuous]], [[map]]ping [[closed]] sets to closed sets, and such that the [[preimage]] of every point is [[compact]].
## {{lb|en|algebraic geometry|of a [[morphism]] of [[schemes]]}} [[separated]], of [[finite type]], and [[universally closed]].
## {{lb|en|algebraic geometry|of a [[variety]] over a field <math>k</math>}} such that unique morphism from the variety to <math>k</math> is proper (as above).
## {{lb|en|analysis|of a [[metric space]]}} Such that every [[closed ball]] is [[compact]]
# Possessed, related.
## {{lb|en|grammar}} Used to [[designate]] a [[particular]] person, place, or thing. [[proper noun|Proper nouns]] are usually written with an [[initial]] [[capital]] letter. {{defdate|14th c.}}
## Pertaining exclusively to a specific thing or person; [[particular]]. {{defdate|14th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|individual|singular|Thesaurus:specific}}
##* {{RQ:Burton Melancholy|edition=2nd}}, II.1.3:
##*: They have a '''proper''' saint almost for every peculiar infirmity: for poison, gouts, agues{{nb...}}.
##* '''1829''', {{w|James Marsh (philosopher)|James Marsh}}, Preliminary Essay to {{w|Samuel Taylor Coleridge}}'s ''Aids to Reflection''
##*: those higher and peculiar attributes{{...}}which constitute our '''proper''' humanity
## {{lb|en|usually|_|postpositive}} In the strict sense; within the strict definition or core (of a specified place, taxonomic order, idea, etc).
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1893|title=Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences
|passage=These are divided into two great families, the vipers '''proper''' (Viperidae) and the pit-vipers (Crotalidae).}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1976|author=Eu-Yang Kwang|title=The political reconstruction of China|page=165
|passage=Siberia, though it stands outside the territorial confines of Russia '''proper''', constitutes an essentially component part {{...}}. Outer Mongolia, [so called] to distinguish it from Inner Mongolia, which lies nearer to China '''proper''', revolted and declared its independence.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=2004|title=Stress, the Brain and Depression|page=24
|passage=Hence, this border is still blurred, raising the question whether traumatic life events induce sadness/distress – which is self-evident – or depression '''proper''' and, secondly, whether sadness/distress is a precursor or pacemaker of depression.}}
##* {{seemoreCites|en}}
## [[belong|Belonging]] to oneself or itself; [[own]]. {{defdate|14th c.}}
##: {{usex|en|[[proper motion]] — [[proper left]] — [[proper right]]}}
##* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-2|V|ii|passage=a man so bold<br>That dares do justice on my '''proper''' son}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1717|author=w:John Dryden|title=Meleager and Atalanta
|passage=Now learn the difference, at your '''proper''' cost, / Betwixt true valour and an empty boast.}}
##* {{RQ:Burton Melancholy|edition=2nd}}, II.4.1.ii:
##*: every country, and more than that, every private place, hath his '''proper''' remedies growing in it, particular almost to the domineering and most frequent maladies of it.
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1946|author=w:Bertrand Russell|title=w:A History of Western Philosophy|section=I.20
|passage=Each animal has its '''proper''' pleasure, and the '''proper''' pleasure of man is connected with reason.}}
## {{lb|en|heraldry}} Portrayed in natural or usual [[coloration]], as opposed to conventional tinctures. {{defdate|16th c.}}
## {{lb|en|mathematics}} Being strictly [[part]] of some other thing (not necessarily explicitly mentioned, but of definitional importance), and not being the thing itself. {{defdate|20th c.}}
##: {{usex|en|[[proper subset]] — [[proper ideal]]}}
## {{lb|en|mathematics|physics}} [[eigen-|Eigen-]]; designating a function or value which is an [[eigenfunction]] or [[eigenvalue]]. {{defdate|20th c.}}
# Accurate, strictly applied.
## Excellent, of high quality; such as the specific person or thing should ideally be. (Now often merged with later senses.) {{defdate|14th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|comprehensive|royal|sweeping|intensive}}
##: {{ant|en|partial|incomplete|superficial|slapdash}}
##: {{ux|en|Now that was a '''proper''' breakfast.}}
## {{lb|en|now|regional}} [[attractive|Attractive]], [[elegant]]. {{defdate|14th c.}}
##* {{RQ:Tyndale NT|Acts|7|text=The same tyme was Moses borne, and was a '''propper''' {{transterm|grc|ἀστεῖος}} childe in the sight of God, which was norisshed up in his fathers housse thre monethes.}}
## {{lb|en|often|_|postpositive}} In the very [[strict]]est [[sense]] of the word. {{defdate|14th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|strictly speaking|[[properly]] [[speaking]]|par excellence}}
##* {{RQ:Joyce Ulysses|chapter=Episode 16|passage=Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head in some secluded spot outside the city '''proper'''{{nb...}}.}}
## {{lb|en|now|colloquial}} [[utter|Utter]], [[complete]]. {{defdate|15th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|complete|right|total|utter|Thesaurus:total}}
##: {{ux|en|When I realized I was wearing my shirt inside out, I felt a '''proper''' fool.}}
## {{lb|en|set theory|of a [[class]]}} Not being a [[set]].

====Derived terms====
{{col2|en|China proper|good and proper|in proper|noun substantive proper|prim and proper|proper acceleration|proper article|proper class|proper job|proper name|proper nounhood|proper time|of its proper movement|city proper|proper divisor|proper value|strictly proper|proper adjective|proper fraction|proper noun|La Paz Proper|Novaliches Proper|Pasong Putik Proper}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|appropriate}}
* {{l|en|propriety}}
* {{l|en|properly}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|fit, suitable}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|համապատասխան}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|подходящ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|adequat}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|適當|tr=shìdàng}}, {{t+|cmn|妥當|tr=tuǒdang, tuǒdàng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|správný}}, {{t+|cs|pravý}}
* Danish: {{t|da|passende}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|goed}}, {{t+|nl|juist}}, {{t+|nl|gepast}}, {{t+|nl|geschikt}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oikea}}, {{t+|fi|kunnon}}
* French: {{t+|fr|approprié}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|adecuado|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ვარგისი}}, {{t|ka|შესაფერისი}}, {{t|ka|სათანადო}}
* German: {{t+|de|richtig}}, {{t+|de|passend}}, {{t+|de|angemessen}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐍆}}, {{t|got|𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἄρτιος}}, {{t|grc|πρεπώδης}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|ראוי|m|tr=ra'úy|sc=Hebr}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|dapat|alt=dápat}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|उचित}}
* Hittite: {{t|hit|𒀀𒀀𒊏|tr=a-a-ra}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|megfelelő}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|adatto|m}}, {{t+|it|appropriato|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ふさわしい|tr=ふさわしい, fusawashii}}, {{t|ja|適した|tr=てきした, tekishita}}, {{t+|ja|適切|tr=てきせつ, tekisetsu}}, {{t+|ja|適当|tr=てきとう, tekitō}}, {{t+|ja|妥当|tr=だとう, datō|sc=Jpan}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|aptus}}, {{t|la|idōneus}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|соодветен|m}}, {{t|mk|прикладен|m}}, {{t|mk|погоден|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|passende}}, {{t|no|høvelig}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ġedēfe}}, {{t|ang|ġedafen}}, {{t|ang|dafenlīċ}}, {{t|ang|cynn}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|راست|tr=râst}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|właściwy|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|apropriado}}, {{t+|pt|próprio}}, {{t+|pt|adequado}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подходя́щий}}, {{t+|ru|соотве́тствующий}}, {{t+|ru|надлежа́щий}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|iomchaidh}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|primeren}}, {{t+|sl|ustrezen}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|adecuado}}, {{t+|es|proprio}} {{q|disused}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|proper}}, {{t+|sv|passande}}, {{t+|sv|lämplig}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|düzgün}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|підходя́щий}}, {{t|uk|нале́жний}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|اچت|tr=ucit|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|addas}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|following the established standards of behavior or manners}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|պատշաճ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|приличен}}, {{t+|bg|пристоен}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|slušný}}
* Danish: {{t|da|passende}}, {{t+|da|ordentlig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|keurig}}, {{t+|nl|goed}}, {{t+|nl|net}}, {{t+|nl|deugdelijk}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kunnollinen}}, {{t+|fi|kelpo}}, {{t+|fi|kunnon}}
* French: {{t+|fr|convenable}}, {{t+|fr|exact}}, {{t+|fr|juste}}, {{t+|fr|propre}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სათანადო}}, {{t|ka|სწორი}}, {{t|ka|ჯეროვანი}}, {{t|ka|მართებული}}, {{t|ka|წესიერი}}, {{t|ka|ზრდილობიანი}}, {{t|ka|თავაზიანი}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|decente}}, {{t+|it|proprio}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|きちんとした|tr=kichintoshita}}, {{t|ja|品の良い|tr=hin no yoi}}, {{t+|ja|上品|tr=jōhin}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|پەسەند}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|умесен|m}}, {{t|mk|пристоен|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|ordentlig}}, {{t|no|veloppdragent}}, {{t|no|høvisk}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|sitlich}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|właściwy|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|apropriado}}, {{t+|pt|decente}}, {{t+|pt|certo|m}}, {{t|pt|certinho|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|cuviincios}}, {{t+|ro|decent}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пра́вильный}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|iomchaidh}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|spodoben}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|conveniente}}, {{t+|es|preciso}}, {{t+|es|proprio}} {{q|disused}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|passande}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|пра́вильний}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|in the very strictest sense of the word}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vlastní}} {{qualifier|precedes the noun}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|echt}}, {{t+|nl|eigenlijk}}, {{t+|nl|zelf}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varsinainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|propre}}, {{t+|fr|proprement dit}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|დამახასიათებელი}}, {{t|ka|საკუთარი}}, {{t|ka|ნიშანდობლივი}}, {{t|ka|ჩვეული}}
* German: {{t+|de|eigentlich}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tényleges}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|厳密|tr=genmitsu}}
* Latin: {{t|la|stricto sensu}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|самиот}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|egentlig}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|خود|tr=xod}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|właściwy}}, {{t|pl|jako taki}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|propriamente dito}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|са́мый}}, {{t|ru|как таково́й}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|egentlig}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|grammar: designating a particular person, place or thing}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|собствен}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vlastní}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|eigen|alt=eigen-}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|erisnimi}} {{qualifier|proper noun}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|საკუთარი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Eigenname|m}} {{gloss|proper noun}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tulajdonnév}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|固有|tr=koyū}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|личен|m}}, {{t|mk|сопствен|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|riktig}}, {{t+|no|korrekt}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|próprio}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|со́бственный}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|lasten}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|egennamn}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|belonging to oneself or itself, own}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|собствен}}, {{t+|bg|свойствен}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pravý}}, {{t+|cs|vlastní}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|eigen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oikea}}
* French: {{t+|fr|propre}}
* German: {{t+|de|eigen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|saját}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|元|alt=元の|tr=moto no}}, {{t+|ja|本来|alt=本来の|tr=honrai no}}, {{t+|ja|固有|alt=固有の|tr=koyū no}}, {{t+|ja|特有|alt=特有の|tr=tokuyū no}}, {{t+|ja|独特|alt=独特の|tr=dokutoku no}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|свој|m}}, {{t|mk|сопствен|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|egen}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|próprio}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|propriu}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|со́бственный}}, {{t+|ru|прису́щий}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|lasten}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|propio}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|egen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|complete, thorough}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pořádný|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|grondig}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kelpo}}
* German: {{t+|de|richtig}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|完全|tr=kanzen}}, {{t|ja|徹底した|tr=tettei shita}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|добар}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|skikkelig}}, {{t+|no|ordentlig}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|completo}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|по́лный}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|riktig}}, {{t+|sv|äkta}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|entitled to its name, true}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|правилен}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pořádný}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|echt}}, {{t+|nl|degelijk}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oikea}}, {{t+|fi|varsinainen}}
* German: {{t+|de|richtig}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|rendes}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|まとも|tr=matomo}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|правилен|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|sann}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|pravi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|riktig}}, {{t+|sv|äkta}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|heraldry: having its natural or usual coloration}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|luonnonvärinen}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|naturfärgad}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|informal: utter}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pořádný}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|volslagen}}, {{t+|nl|compleet}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oikea}}
* German: {{t+|de|richtig}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tökéletes}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|全く|tr=mattaku}}, {{t+|ja|完全|tr=kanzen}}, {{t+|ja|完璧|tr=kanpeki}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|прав|m}}, {{t|mk|вистински|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|por completo}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|по́лный}}, {{t+|ru|кру́глый}}, {{t+|ru|настоя́щий}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|riktig}}, {{t+|sv|äkta}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top|right or correct}}
* Arabic: {{t-check|ar|مُنَاسِب}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|convenable}}, {{t+check|fr|exact}}, {{t+check|fr|juste}}, {{t+check|fr|propre}}
* Hebrew: {{t+check|he|יאה|tr=yaʾe}}, {{t+check|he|נכון|tr=naḥon}}
* Hungarian: {{t+check|hu|helyes}}, {{t+check|hu|megfelelő}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|decente}}, {{t+check|it|proprio}}
* Korean: {{t-check|ko|정당한}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+check|ckb|پەسەند}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|恰当|tr=qiàdàng}}
* Norwegian: {{t+check|no|riktig}}, {{t+check|no|korrekt}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|egentlig}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv|-}}

# {{lb|en|UK|Irish|colloquial}} properly; thoroughly; completely.
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1929|author=[[w:Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]|title=When the World Screamed|url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100031h.html|passage='I thought it was the American Associated Press.' 'Oh, they are on the track, are they?' 'They to-day, and the ''Times'' yesterday. Oh, they are buzzing round '''proper'''.'}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1956|year_published=1972|author=w:Anthony Burgess|title=Time for a Tiger|series=The Malayan Trilogy|page=202|passage=“Christmas Eve,” said Nabby Adams. “I used to pump the bloody organ for the carols, '''proper''' pissed usually.” }}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1957|author=w:Ray Lawler|title=Summer of the Seventeenth Doll|publisher=Fontana Books|location=Sydney|year_published=1974|page=32|passage=The kid towelled him up '''proper'''.}}
#* '''1964''', Saint Andrew Society (Glasgow, Scotland), ''The Scots magazine: Volume 82''
#*: Don't you think you must have looked '''proper''' daft?
# {{lb|en|nonstandard|colloquial}} [[properly]].
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1988|author=Mary Steele|title=Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds|publisher=Puffin Books|location=Ringwood|page=68|passage="But it's not many of us as can make 'em '''proper'''."}}
#* '''2012''', Latta, {{w|Soufside}}, ''Hello'' (song)
#*: When I meet a bad chick, know I gotta tell her hello
#*: talk real '''proper''', but she straight up out the ghetto

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Something set apart for a special use.
# {{lb|en|Christianity}} A part of the Christian [[liturgy]] that varies according to the date.
#: {{coordinate terms|en|ordinary|pos1=noun}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eopprr|per pro|propre}}

{{cln|en|adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|ca|prop|er}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}<!-- per GDLC -->

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj}}

# [[near]], [[close]]
#: {{syn|ca|pròxim}}
# [[neighbouring]]
# [[next]]
#: {{syn|ca|següent}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|the coming day, week, year etc.}} {{l|ca|que ve}}, {{l|ca|venint}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|prop}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Verb===
{{head|cs|verb form}}

# {{infl of|cs|proprat||2s|imp}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|da|fr|propre||clean, house-trained, own}}, from {{der|da|la|proprius||own}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/proːbər/|[ˈpʰʁ̥oːˀb̥ɐ]}}

===Adjective===
{{da-adj}}

# [[cleanly]]
# [[tidy]]

====Inflection====
{{da-infl-adj|propr}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|da|properhed}} ("[[cleanliness]]", "[[tidiness]]")

===References===
* {{R:Den Danske Ordbog}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nl|dum|proper}}, from {{der|nl|fro|propre}}, from {{der|nl|la|proprius}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈproː.pər/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-proper.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|pro|per}}

===Adjective===
{{nl-adj}}

# {{lb|nl|chiefly|Belgium}} [[clean]]

====Declension====
{{nl-decl-adj}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nl|netjes}}, {{l|nl|rein}}, {{l|nl|zindelijk}}
* {{lb|nl|Netherlands}} {{l|nl|schoon}}

==German==

===Etymology===
Ultimately from {{der|de|fro|propre}}, from {{der|de|la|proprius}}. Probably borrowed in north-western dialects via {{der|de|dum|proper}} [13th c., sense: 15th c.], later generalized under the influence of modern {{der|de|fr|propre}}. The colloquial euphemism for “chubby” may, in part, be due to association with {{m|de|Proppen}} (whence also {{m|de|proppenvoll}} and {{m|de|Wonneproppen}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/ˈpʁɔpɐ/}}
* {{audio|de|De-proper.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{de-adj|comp}}

# {{lb|de|somewhat|informal|dated}} in good condition: [[clean]]; [[neat]]; [[well-kept]]; [[developed]]
#: {{ux|de|Bis vor kurzem herrschte hier bittere Armut, aber jetzt ist es ein ganz '''properes''' Städtchen geworden.|Until recently bitter poverty prevailed around here, but now it’s become rather a '''neat''' little town.}}
# {{lb|de|colloquial|euphemism}} [[overweight]]; [[chubby]]
#: {{ux|de|Die Linda war doch immer so’ne Schlanke, aber jetzt sieht sie ziemlich '''proper''' aus.|Linda was always a slender one, but now she looks pretty '''chubby.'''}}

====Declension====
{{de-adecl|comp}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

==Old French==

===Adjective===
{{fro-adj|mf}}

# {{lb|fro|rare}} {{alternative form of|fro|propre}}
#: Or a mai entendez Ki '''proper''' volunté amez, Set Pechez 70

==Swedish==

===Adjective===
{{sv-adj|propra}}

# [[neat]], [[tidy]]
#: {{syn|sv|välvårdad}}
# {{l|en|proper}} (following (strict) established social standards)
#: {{ux|sv|en '''proper''' tillställning|a '''proper''' event}}

====Declension====
{{sv-adj-reg|3=propr}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}