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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊfaɪl/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpɹoʊfaɪl/
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• New-Jersey: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• obsolete: /ˈpɹoʊfɪl/
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• obsolete: /ˈpɹoʊfiːl/
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• obsolete: /pɹoʊˈfiːl/
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• Australian: /ˈpɹəʉfɑel/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈpɹɐu̯.fɑe̯l]
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• South-Asia: /prɵˈfajl/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R OW1 F AY2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French profil, from Italian profilo (“a border”), later also proffilo (“a side-face, profile”), from Latin pro (“before”) + filo (“a line, stroke, thread”), from filum (“a thread”); see file. Doublet of purfle.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حُدُود خَارِجِيَّة (ḥudūd ḵārijiyya) — outermost shape
• Belarusian: про́філь (prófilʹ) — outermost shape
• Chinese Mandarin: 輪廓 /轮廓 (lúnkuò) — outermost shape
• Finnish: profiili — outermost shape
• Finnish: ääriviiva — outermost shape
• French: contour — outermost shape
• Hungarian: körvonal — outermost shape
• Hungarian: kontúr — outermost shape
• Irish: próifíl — outermost shape
• Italian: profilo — outermost shape
• Japanese: 輪郭 (rinkaku) — outermost shape
• Korean: 윤곽 (yun'gwak) — outermost shape
• Māori: kōtaha — outermost shape
• Russian: про́филь (prófilʹ) — outermost shape
• Spanish: perfil — outermost shape
• Swedish: profil — outermost shape
• Ukrainian: про́філь (prófilʹ) — outermost shape
• Arabic: صُورَة جَانِبِيَّة (ṣūra jānibiyya) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Belarusian: про́філь (prófilʹ) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Chinese Mandarin: 側面 /侧面 (cèmiàn) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Czech: profil — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Esperanto: profilo — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Finnish: profiili — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Finnish: sivukuva — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Finnish: siluetti — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• French: profil — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• German: Profil — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Greek: προφίλ (profíl) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Hungarian: profil — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Hungarian: oldalnézet — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Hungarian: arcél — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Irish: próifíl — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Italian: profilo — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Japanese: 横顔 (yokogao) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Japanese: プロフィール (purofīru) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Korean: 옆얼굴 (yeopeolgul) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Korean: 프로필 (peuropil) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Māori: topenga — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Māori: kōtaha — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Persian: نیمرخ (nimrox) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Portuguese: perfil — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Russian: про́филь (prófilʹ) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Spanish: perfil — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Swedish: profil — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Turkish: profil — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Ukrainian: про́філь (prófilʹ) — shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
• Arabic: سِيرَة (sīra) — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Armenian: հատկագիր (hatkagir) — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Finnish: profiili — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Finnish: henkilökuva — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• French: profil — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Hungarian: profil — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Hungarian: jellemtanulmány — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Hungarian: jellemzés — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Hungarian: portré — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Hungarian: életrajzvázlat — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Hungarian: leírás — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Hungarian: ismertető — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Hungarian: vázlat — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Hungarian: összefoglaló — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Icelandic: prófíll — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Irish: próifíl — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Italian: profilo — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Japanese: プロフィール (profīru) — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Korean: 약력 (yangnyeok) — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Korean: 프로파일 (peuropail) — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Māori: kōtaha — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Portuguese: perfil — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Russian: про́филь (prófilʹ) — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Scottish Gaelic: iomradh — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Spanish: reseña — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Swedish: profil — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Ukrainian: про́філь (prófilʹ) — summary or collection of information, especially about a person
• Azerbaijani: profil — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• Dutch: profiel — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• Esperanto: profilo — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• Finnish: profiili — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• French: profil — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• German: Profil — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• German: Benutzerprofil — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• Hungarian: profil — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• Irish: próifíl — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• Italian: profilo — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• Macedonian: профил (profil) — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• Ukrainian: про́філь (prófilʹ) — space with personal information in software or Internet systems
• Arabic: شُهْرَة (šuhra) — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Finnish: profiili — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Finnish: esiintyminen — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Hungarian: jelenlét — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Hungarian: aktivitás — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Hungarian: láthatóság — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Hungarian: észrevehetőség — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Hungarian: feltűnés — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Japanese: 注目度 (chūmokudo) — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Russian: про́филь (prófilʹ) — reputation; prominence; noticeability
• Arabic: بُرُوز (burūz) — amount by which something protrudes
• Finnish: ulkonema — amount by which something protrudes
• Finnish: profiili — amount by which something protrudes
• Hungarian: kiemelkedés — amount by which something protrudes
• Hungarian: dudor — amount by which something protrudes
• Japanese: プロファイル (purofairu) — amount by which something protrudes
• Russian: про́филь (prófilʹ) — amount by which something protrudes
• Finnish: profiili — archaeology: smoothed vertical surface of an excavation
• Finnish: leikkaus — archaeology: smoothed vertical surface of an excavation
• Finnish: ominaisuudet — totality of related characteristics
• Hungarian: jellemzők — totality of related characteristics
• Finnish: profiili — architecture: section of any member
• Finnish: poikkileikkaus — architecture: section of any member
• Hungarian: idom — architecture: section of any member
• Hungarian: profil — architecture: section of any member
• Finnish: profiili — civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground
• Finnish: poikkileikkaus — civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground
• Hungarian: szelvény — civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground
• Hungarian: szelvényrajz — civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground
• Hungarian: metszet — civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground
• Hungarian: metszetrajz — civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground
• Turkish: yanay — civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground
• Finnish: vapautus — military: exemption from duty
• Finnish: profiloida — to create a summary or collection of information
• Spanish: perfilar — to create a summary or collection of information
• Russian: профили́ровать (profilírovatʹ) — to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype
• Spanish: perfilar — to draw in profile or outline
• Spanish: perfilar — (engineering) to give a definite form