profil

See also: Profil

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian pro-

Italian filo

Italian -are

Italian filare

Italian profilaredeverb.

Italian profiloder.

Czech profil

Derived from Italian profilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprofɪl]

Noun

profil m inan (relational adjective profilový, diminutive profilek)

1. profile (side view of a head)

Declension

Declension of profil (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	profil	profily
genitive	profilu	profilů
dative	profilu	profilům
accusative	profil	profily
vocative	profile	profily
locative	profilu	profilech
instrumental	profilem	profily

Related terms

• profilovat

Further reading

• “profil”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “profil”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “profil”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian profilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.fil/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

profil m (plural profils)

1. profile

Derived terms

• en profil
• faire profil bas

Descendants

• → Belarusian: про́філь (prófilʹ)
• → Danish: profil
• → Dutch: profiel
  • → Indonesian: profil
  • → Papiamentu: profil
• → English: profile
  • → Japanese: プロファイル (purofairu)
  • → Korean: 프로필 (peuropil), 프로파일 (peuropail)
• → Finnish: profiili
• → German: Profil (partly from Italian) (see there for further descendants)
• → Greek: προφίλ (profíl)
• → Icelandic: prófíll
• → Irish: próifíl
• → Japanese: プロフィール (purofīru)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: profil
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: profil
• → Polish: profil
• → Romanian: profil
• → Russian: про́филь (prófilʹ)
  • → Armenian: պրոֆիլ (profil)
  • → Azerbaijani: profil
  • → Kazakh: профиль (profıylʹ)
• → Swedish: profil
• → Turkish: profil
• → Ukrainian: про́філь (prófilʹ)

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Profil, from Italian profilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprofil]
• Hyphenation: pro‧fil
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

profil (plural profilok)

1. profile (a side view of a person's head or of an object)
2. (architecture) profile (a section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines)
3. (formal) profile (the field of activity of a company, plant, or institution)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	profil	profilok
accusative	profilt	profilokat
dative	profilnak	profiloknak
instrumental	profillal	profilokkal
causal-final	profilért	profilokért
translative	profillá	profilokká
terminative	profilig	profilokig
essive-formal	profilként	profilokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	profilban	profilokban
superessive	profilon	profilokon
adessive	profilnál	profiloknál
illative	profilba	profilokba
sublative	profilra	profilokra
allative	profilhoz	profilokhoz
elative	profilból	profilokból
delative	profilról	profilokról
ablative	profiltól	profiloktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	profilé	profiloké
non-attributive possessive – plural	profiléi	profilokéi

Possessive forms of profil

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	profilom	profiljaim
2nd person sing.	profilod	profiljaid
3rd person sing.	profilja	profiljai
1st person plural	profilunk	profiljaink
2nd person plural	profilotok	profiljaitok
3rd person plural	profiljuk	profiljaik

Further reading

• profil in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch profiel, from French profil, from Italian profilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprofɪl]
• Hyphenation: pro‧fil

Noun

profil (plural profil-profil)

1. profile:
   1. the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object

      Synonym: penampang

   2. the shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view
   3. summary or collection of information, especially about a person

Affixed terms

• pemrofil
• pemrofilan

Compounds

• profil aluminium
• profil angin
• profil baja
• profil biodata
• profil biofisik
• profil demografi
• profil kecepatan logaritmik
• profil kesehatan
• profil lengas
• profil lipid
• profil lulusan
• profil nasabah
• profil pelajar
• profil pengguna
• profil perusahaan
• profil risiko
• profil suhu
• profil zat gizi

Further reading

• “profil”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French profil.

Noun

profil m (definite singular profilen, indefinite plural profiler, definite plural profilene)

1. a profile

Related terms

• profilere

References

• “profil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French profil.

Noun

profil m (definite singular profilen, indefinite plural profilar, definite plural profilane)

1. a profile

Related terms

• profilere

References

• “profil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian pro-

Italian filo

Italian -are

Italian filare

Italian profilaredeverb.

Italian profilobor.

French profilbor.

Polish profil

Borrowed from French profil, borrowed from Italian profilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.fil/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔfil
• Syllabification: pro‧fil

Noun

profil m inan

1. profile (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side)
2. profile (outermost shape)
3. profile (totality of related characteristics)

   Synonyms: charakter, kierunek, zakres

4. (social media) profile (space with personal information in software or Internet systems)
5. (geology) profile (vertical cross-section showing the geological structure of a given section of the earth's crust)
6. (architecture) profile (decorative strip projecting above the surface of a wall, furniture, etc.)
7. (geometry) profile (outline of the cross-section of an object)
8. (engineering) profile (hot rolled structural steel shape like an I-beam)

   Synonym: kształtownik

9. (criminology, psychology) offender profile

Declension

Declension of profil

	singular	plural
nominative	profil	profile
genitive	profilu	profili, profilów
dative	profilowi	profilom
accusative	profil	profile
instrumental	profilem	profilami
locative	profilu	profilach
vocative	profilu	profile

Derived terms

adjective

• profilowy

adverb

• z profilu

noun

• profilowanie

verbs

• profilować impf
• sprofilować pf
• wyprofilować pf

Further reading

• “profil”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “profil”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian pro-

Italian filo

Italian -are

Italian filare

Italian profilaredeverb.

Italian profilobor.

French profilbor.

Romanian profil

Borrowed from French profil.

Noun

profil n (plural profiluri)

1. profile

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	profil	profilul	profiluri	profilurile
genitive-dative	profil	profilului	profiluri	profilurilor
vocative	profilule		profilurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Profil, from French profil, from Italian profilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒfiːl/
• Hyphenation: pro‧fil

Noun

pròfīl m inan (Cyrillic spelling про̀фӣл)

1. profile (side view, outline)
2. profile (summary of someone's characteristics or biography)
3. (engineering) cross-section

Declension

Declension of profil

	singular	plural
nominative	profil	profili
genitive	profila	profīlā
dative	profilu	profilima
accusative	profil	profile
vocative	profile	profili
locative	profilu	profilima
instrumental	profilom	profilima

Further reading

• “profil”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

profil c

1. profile (similar senses to English)

   hennes vackra profil

   her beautiful profile [side view (of face)]

   ett foto taget i profil

   a photo taken in profile [from the side]

   gärningsmannaprofil

   offender profile

   ideologisk profil

   ideological profile

   Facebook-profil

   Facebook profile

   hålla låg profil

   keep a low profile

2. a distinctive figure (in some area), a name

   nöjesprofiler

   names in entertainment

3. (capitalized) A condom brand.

Declension

Declension of profil

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	profil	profils
	definite	profilen	profilens
plural	indefinite	profiler	profilers
	definite	profilerna	profilernas

References

• “profil”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “profil”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “profil”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from French profil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfil/, /pɯ.ɾoˈfil/
• Rhymes: -il
• Hyphenation: pro‧fil

Noun

profil (definite accusative profili, plural profiller)

1. profile (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side)
2. (Internet) profile (space with personal information in software or Internet systems)

Declension

Declension of profil

singular plural nominative profil profiller definite accusative profili profilleri dative profile profillere locative profilde profillerde ablative profilden profillerden genitive profilin profillerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular profilim profillerim 2nd singular profilin profillerin 3rd singular profili profilleri 1st plural profilimiz profillerimiz 2nd plural profiliniz profilleriniz 3rd plural profilleri profilleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular profilimi profillerimi 2nd singular profilini profillerini 3rd singular profilini profillerini 1st plural profilimizi profillerimizi 2nd plural profilinizi profillerinizi 3rd plural profillerini profillerini dative singular plural 1st singular profilime profillerime 2nd singular profiline profillerine 3rd singular profiline profillerine 1st plural profilimize profillerimize 2nd plural profilinize profillerinize 3rd plural profillerine profillerine locative singular plural 1st singular profilimde profillerimde 2nd singular profilinde profillerinde 3rd singular profilinde profillerinde 1st plural profilimizde profillerimizde 2nd plural profilinizde profillerinizde 3rd plural profillerinde profillerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular profilimden profillerimden 2nd singular profilinden profillerinden 3rd singular profilinden profillerinden 1st plural profilimizden profillerimizden 2nd plural profilinizden profillerinizden 3rd plural profillerinden profillerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular profilimin profillerimin 2nd singular profilinin profillerinin 3rd singular profilinin profillerinin 1st plural profilimizin profillerimizin 2nd plural profilinizin profillerinizin 3rd plural profillerinin profillerinin

Predicative forms of profil

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	profilim	profil miyim?
sen (you are)	profilsin	profil misin?
o (he/she/it is)	profil / profildir	profil mi?
biz (we are)	profiliz	profil miyiz?
siz (you are)	profilsiniz	profil misiniz?
onlar (they are)	profil(ler)	profil(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	profildim	profil miydim?
sen (you were)	profildin	profil miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	profildi	profil miydi?
biz (we were)	profildik	profil miydik?
siz (you were)	profildiniz	profil miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	profildiler	profil miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	profilmişim	profil miymişim?
sen (you were)	profilmişsin	profil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	profilmiş	profil miymiş?
biz (we were)	profilmişiz	profil miymişiz?
siz (you were)	profilmişsiniz	profil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	profilmişler	profil miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	profilsem	profil miysem?
sen (if you)	profilsen	profil miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	profilse	profil miyse?
biz (if we)	profilsek	profil miysek?
siz (if you)	profilseniz	profil miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	profilseler	profil miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• profil boru
• profilci

Further reading

• “profil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “profil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “profil”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı