profer

English

Alternative forms

• profre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English proferen, from Old French proferer, from Latin proferre (“to bring forth, produce, utter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈfɜː/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

profer (third-person singular simple present profers, present participle proferring, simple past and past participle proferred)

1. To utter; to pronounce.
2. To deliver.

Translations

utter; pronounce

• French: exprimer (fr), prononcer (fr)
• Portuguese: proferir (pt)

deliver

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} uiten (nl), ^{(please verify)} uitspreken (nl)

See also

• proffer

References

• "profer." Dictionary.com
• Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 02 Oct. 2008.
• “profer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “profer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• profre

Latin

Etymology 1

See prōferō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.fer/, [ˈproːfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.fer/, [ˈprɔːfer]

Verb

prōfer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of prōferō

Etymology 2

See profor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.fer/, [ˈprɔfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.fer/, [ˈprɔːfer]

Verb

profer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of profor