le

masculine

/pʁɔ.fil/

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Translation

profile, side view

Word origin

From Italian profilo ('outline'), from filo ('thread'), from Latin filum. A profile is the thread of a drawn outline.

Origin: Italian
Root: profilo
English cognates: profile, file, filament

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralprofils

Examples

apparaît l'.

His profile comes up on the screen.

The candidates' profiles are very different.

She has changed her profile picture.

au .

These profiles do not match the job.

, .

In profile, he looks like his father.

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This word is part of lesson 44.