proper

Signification (Anglais)

1. (dated, informal) in good condition: clean; neat; well-kept; developed
2. (colloquial, euphemistic) overweight; chubby

Concepts

propre

Synonymes

sauber

picobello

blitzesauber

rein

blitzblank

spiegelblank

tipptopp

blitzsauber

makellos sauber

pieksauber

könnte man vom Fußboden essen

porentief rein

blitzeblank

in sauberer Kleidung

korrekt angezogen

adrett

ordentlich angezogen

frisch

gepflegt

regelrecht

reinlich

Traductions

نظيف

net

apropiat

καθαρός

according to instructions

canonically

clean

comme il faut

neat

prissy

proper

regulately

sanctioned

tidy

مناسب

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpʁɔpɐ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Ultimately from Old French propre, from Latin proprius. Probably borrowed in north-western dialects via Middle Dutch proper [13th c., sense: 15th c.], later generalized under the influence of modern French propre. The colloquial euphemism for “chubby” may, in part, be due to association with Proppen (whence also proppenvoll and Wonneproppen).