name · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:prŏfʹit
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɹɒfɪt/
General-American, dialectal:prŏʹfitof Canada
General-American, dialectal:/ˈpɹɑfɪt/of Canada
California:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Canada, dialectal:prŏfʹitof the US
Canada, dialectal:/ˈpɹɒfɪt/of the US
Australian:/ˈpɹɔfɪt/
New-Zealand:/ˈpɹɒfət/
New-Zealand:[ˈpɹɔ̟fət]
homophone: prophet
rhymes with -ɒfɪt
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1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Broader terms: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
Narrower terms: line one's pockets, turn a nice dime, turn a nice penny, turn a nice dollar, clean up
11
verb
Meaning 11
derive a benefit from
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She profited from his vast experience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gain, benefit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get, acquire
Narrower terms: cash in on, profiteer, capitalize, capitalise, take advantage, pyramid, net, sack, sack up, clear
History
Etymology
Variant of Proffitt.
From Middle English profit, from Old French profit (Modern French profit), from Latin prōfectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”), from proficiō (“to go forward, advance, make progress, be profitable or useful”). Doublet of profect.
Across languages
Translations
302 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
fitim
— benefit
Antillean Creole:
pwofi
— benefit
Arabic:
رِبْح
(ribḥ)
— benefit
Arabic:
مَكْسَب
(maksab)
— benefit
Arabic:
فَائِدَة
(fāʔida)
— benefit
Arabic:
نَفْع
(nafʕ)
— benefit
Armenian:
շահույթ
(šahuytʻ)
— benefit
Avar:
пайда
(pajda)
— benefit
Azerbaijani:
mənfəət
— benefit
Azerbaijani:
fayda
— benefit
Azerbaijani:
qazanc
— benefit
Bashkir:
файҙа
(fayźa)
— benefit
Belarusian:
прыбы́так
(prybýtak)
— benefit
Belarusian:
кары́сць
(karýscʹ)
— benefit
Belarusian:
кары́сьць
(karýsʹcʹ)
— benefit
Belarusian:
вы́гада
(výhada)
— benefit
Belarusian:
выго́да
(vyhóda)
— benefit
Bengali:
লাভ
(labh)
— benefit
Bengali:
সুদ
(śud)
— benefit
Bengali:
ফায়দা
(phaẏda)
— benefit
Bulgarian:
печа́лба
(pečálba)
— benefit
Bulgarian:
по́лза
(pólza)
— benefit
Bulgarian:
изго́да
(izgóda)
— benefit
Burmese:
အမြတ်
(a.mrat)
— benefit
Burmese:
အကျိုးကျေးဇူး
(a.kyui:kye:ju:)
— benefit
Chinese:
利純 /利纯
(zh-min-nan)
— benefit
Chinese Mandarin:
贏利 /赢利
(yínglì)
— benefit
Chinese Mandarin:
利潤 /利润
(lìrùn)
— benefit
Chinese Mandarin:
利益
(lìyì)
— benefit
Czech:
zisk
— benefit
Czech:
prospěch
— benefit
Danish:
overskud
— benefit
Danish:
fortjeneste
— benefit
Danish:
profit
— benefit
Dutch:
profijt
— benefit
Dutch:
winst
— benefit
Esperanto:
profito
— benefit
Estonian:
kasum
— benefit
Ewe:
viɖe
— benefit
Finnish:
tuotto
— benefit
Finnish:
etu
— benefit
Finnish:
hyöty
— benefit
French:
profit
— benefit
French:
gain
— benefit
French:
bénéfice
— benefit
Galician:
beneficio
— benefit
Galician:
proveito
— benefit
Galician:
prol
— benefit
Galician:
ganancia
— benefit
Galician:
logro
— benefit
German:
Gewinn
— benefit
German:
Profit
— benefit
Gothic:
𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌹
(gawaurki)
— benefit
Greek:
κέρδος
(kérdos)
— benefit
Greek:
όφελος
(ófelos)
— benefit
Ancient Greek:
κέρδος
(kérdos)
— benefit
Hebrew:
תְּשׂוּאָה
(tsu'á)
— benefit
Hebrew:
רווח
— benefit
Hebrew:
רֶוַח
(revákh)
— benefit
Hindi:
लाभ
(lābh)
— benefit
Hindi:
फ़ायदा
(fāydā)
— benefit
Hindi:
सूद
(sūd)
— benefit
Hungarian:
haszon
— benefit
Hungarian:
profit
— benefit
Icelandic:
hagnaður
— benefit
Indonesian:
faedah
— benefit
Indonesian:
keuntungan
— benefit
Italian:
profitto
— benefit
Italian:
lucro
— benefit
Italian:
profit
— benefit
Japanese:
利益
(rieki)
— benefit
Japanese:
利潤
(rijun)
— benefit
Kazakh:
пайда
(paida)
— benefit
Kazakh:
кіріс
(kırıs)
— benefit
Kazakh:
түсім
(tüsım)
— benefit
Khmer:
ចំណេញ
(cɑmnəñ)
— benefit
Korean:
이익
(iik)
— benefit
Korean:
리익
(riik)
— benefit
Korean:
이윤
(iyun)
— benefit
Korean:
리윤
(riyun)
— benefit
Central Kurdish:
قازانج
(qazanc)
— benefit
Northern Kurdish:
fayîde
— benefit
Northern Kurdish:
feyde
— benefit
Kyrgyz:
пайда
(payda)
— benefit
Kyrgyz:
киреше
(kireşe)
— benefit
Lao:
ກໍາໄລ
(kam lai)
— benefit
Latin:
lucrum
— benefit
Latin:
fructus
— benefit
Latin:
quaestus
— benefit
Latvian:
peļņa
— benefit
Lithuanian:
pelnas
— benefit
Macedonian:
заработка
(zarabotka)
— benefit
Macedonian:
добивка
(dobivka)
— benefit
Macedonian:
профит
(profit)
— benefit
Malay:
faedah
— benefit
Malay:
keuntungan
— benefit
Māori:
huanga
— benefit
Mongolian:
ашиг
(ašig)
— benefit
Mongolian:
орлого
(orlogo)
— benefit
Mongolian:
ᠠᠰᠢᠭ
(asiɣ)
— benefit
Mongolian:
ᠣᠷᠤᠯᠭᠠ
(orulɣ-a)
— benefit
Norman:
profit
— benefit
Norwegian Bokmål:
profitt
— benefit
Norwegian Bokmål:
gevinst
— benefit
Church Slavic:
възвить
(vŭzvitĭ)
— benefit
Church Slavic:
възвитиѥ
(vŭzvitije)
— benefit
Pashto:
فايده
(fāyda)
— benefit
Pashto:
سود
(sud)
— benefit
Pashto:
نفع
(nafa')
— benefit
Iranian Persian:
فایِدِه
(fâyede)
— benefit
Iranian Persian:
فائِدِه
(fâ'ede)
— benefit
Iranian Persian:
سود
(sud)
— benefit
Iranian Persian:
نَفْع
(naf')
— benefit
Polish:
zysk
— benefit
Polish:
korzyść
— benefit
Polish:
profit
— benefit
Portuguese:
proveito
— benefit
Portuguese:
lucro
— benefit
Romanian:
câștig
— benefit
Romanian:
profit
— benefit
Russian:
при́быль
(príbylʹ)
— benefit
Russian:
вы́года
(výgoda)
— benefit
Russian:
дохо́д
(doxód)
— benefit
Russian:
нажи́ва
(nažíva)
— benefit
Russian:
по́льза
(pólʹza)
— benefit
Russian:
профи́т
(profít)
— benefit
Sanskrit:
उदय
(udaya)
— benefit
Scottish Gaelic:
math
— benefit
Scottish Gaelic:
prothaid
— benefit
Serbo-Croatian:
про̀фӣт
— benefit
Serbo-Croatian:
до̏бӣт
— benefit
Serbo-Croatian:
pròfīt
— benefit
Serbo-Croatian:
dȍbīt
— benefit
Sicilian:
guadagnu
— benefit
Sicilian:
vadagnu
— benefit
Sicilian:
lucru
— benefit
Sicilian:
binificiu
— benefit
Sicilian:
benefit
— benefit
Sicilian:
prufittu
— benefit
Sicilian:
profit
— benefit
Slovak:
zisk
— benefit
Slovak:
prospech
— benefit
Slovene:
profit
— benefit
Slovene:
dobiček
— benefit
Spanish:
ganancia
— benefit
Spanish:
beneficio
— benefit
Spanish:
provecho
— benefit
Swahili:
dahili
— benefit
Swahili:
faida
— benefit
Swedish:
vinst
— benefit
Swedish:
förtjänst
— benefit
Tajik:
фоида
(foyida)
— benefit
Tajik:
суд
(sud)
— benefit
Tajik:
нафъ
(naf')
— benefit
Tamil:
இலாபம்
(ilāpam)
— benefit
Tatar:
табыш
(tabış)
— benefit
Tatar:
файда
(fayda)
— benefit
Telugu:
లాభము
(lābhamu)
— benefit
Thai:
กําไร
(gam-rai)
— benefit
Tocharian B:
kallau
— benefit
Turkish:
kazanç
— benefit
Turkish:
fayda
— benefit
Ottoman Turkish:
فائده
(faʼide)
— benefit
Ottoman Turkish:
قزانج
(kazanc)
— benefit
Turkmen:
girdeji
— benefit
Turkmen:
peýda
— benefit
Ukrainian:
прибу́ток
(prybútok)
— benefit
Ukrainian:
ви́года
(výhoda)
— benefit
Ukrainian:
кори́сть
(korýstʹ)
— benefit
Ukrainian:
зиск
(zysk)
— benefit
Urdu:
فایِدَہ
(fāyida)
— benefit
Urdu:
فائِدَہ
(fāida)
— benefit
Urdu:
لابھ
(lābh)
— benefit
Urdu:
سُود
(sūd)
— benefit
Uyghur:
پايدا
(payda)
— benefit
Uzbek:
foyda
— benefit
Vietnamese:
lợi nhuận
— benefit
Vietnamese:
lời
— benefit
Zazaki:
fayde
— benefit
Albanian:
fitesë
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Azerbaijani:
mənfəət
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Azerbaijani:
qazanc
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Bulgarian:
печа́лба
(pečálba)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Bulgarian:
до́ход
(dóhod)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Catalan:
benefici
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Danish:
overskud
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Finnish:
voitto
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Finnish:
netto
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Finnish:
tulos
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
French:
bénéfice
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Galician:
beneficio
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Georgian:
მოგება
(mogeba)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
German:
Gewinn
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Greek:
κέρδος
(kérdos)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Ancient Greek:
κέρδος
(kérdos)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Hindi:
लाभ
(lābh)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Hungarian:
nyereség
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Irish:
brabús
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Irish:
brabach
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Italian:
profitto
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Italian:
guadagno
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Italian:
provento
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Latin:
fructus
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Malay:
untung
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Māori:
hua
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Māori:
monihua
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Muna:
laba
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Norwegian Bokmål:
gevinst
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gevinst
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Polish:
przychód
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Polish:
profit
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Portuguese:
lucro
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Portuguese:
provento
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Sicilian:
guadagnu
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Sicilian:
vadagnu
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Sicilian:
lucru
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Sicilian:
prufittu
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Sicilian:
profit
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Spanish:
beneficio
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Spanish:
lucro
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Spanish:
dividendo
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Spanish:
devengo
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Spanish:
utilidad
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Swahili:
faida
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Swedish:
vinst
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Swedish:
förtjänst
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Swedish:
bruttovinst
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Thai:
กําไร
(gam-rai)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Turkish:
kazanç
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Ottoman Turkish:
آصی
(ası)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Ottoman Turkish:
فائده
(faʼide)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Ottoman Turkish:
حاصل
(hasıl)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Ukrainian:
прибу́ток
(prybútok)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Ukrainian:
зиск
(zysk)
— total income or cash flow minus expenditures
Bulgarian:
ползвам
(polzvam)
— To benefit, be of use to
Ngazidja Comorian:
ufai
— To benefit, be of use to
Dutch:
baten
— To benefit, be of use to
Dutch:
helpen
— To benefit, be of use to
Finnish:
hyödyttää
— To benefit, be of use to
Finnish:
olla hyödyksi
— To benefit, be of use to
Finnish:
hyödyntää
— To benefit, be of use to
Finnish:
hyötyä
— To benefit, be of use to
Finnish:
olla eduksi
— To benefit, be of use to
French:
être profitable
— To benefit, be of use to
French:
servir
— To benefit, be of use to
Galician:
aproveitar
— To benefit, be of use to
German:
nützen
— To benefit, be of use to
German:
profitieren
— To benefit, be of use to
Gothic:
𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
(bōtjan)
— To benefit, be of use to
Greek:
ευεργετώ
(evergetó)
— To benefit, be of use to
Italian:
beneficiare
— To benefit, be of use to
Macedonian:
ко́ристи
(kóristi)
— To benefit, be of use to
Spanish:
aprovechar a
— To benefit, be of use to
Bulgarian:
печеля
(pečelja)
— To benefit, gain
Dutch:
profiteren
— To benefit, gain
Dutch:
baat hebben
— To benefit, gain
Dutch:
voordeel hebben
— To benefit, gain
Finnish:
hyötyä
— To benefit, gain
Finnish:
olla hyödyksi
— To benefit, gain
French:
profiter
— To benefit, gain
German:
erreichen
— To benefit, gain
German:
gewinnen
— To benefit, gain
Greek:
κερδίζω
(kerdízo)
— To benefit, gain
Greek:
ωφελούμαι
(ofeloúmai)
— To benefit, gain
Ancient Greek:
κερδαίνω
(kerdaínō)
— To benefit, gain
Haitian Creole:
pwofite
— To benefit, gain
Italian:
guadagnare
— To benefit, gain
Latin:
lucror
— To benefit, gain
Macedonian:
искори́стува
(iskorístuva)
— To benefit, gain
Macedonian:
ќа́рува
(ḱáruva)
— To benefit, gain
Polish:
korzystać
— To benefit, gain
Polish:
skorzystać
— To benefit, gain
Portuguese:
lucrar
— To benefit, gain
Spanish:
lucrarse [de/con]
— To benefit, gain
Spanish:
aprovecer [a]
— To benefit, gain
Spanish:
aprovecharse [de]
— To benefit, gain
Spanish:
aprovechar
— To benefit, gain
Spanish:
lucrar
— To benefit, gain
Ottoman Turkish:
فائدهلنمك
(faʼidelenmek)
— To benefit, gain
Ottoman Turkish:
آصیلانمق
(asılanmak)
— To benefit, gain
Bulgarian:
използвам
(izpolzvam)
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Dutch:
uitbuiten
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Dutch:
profiteren
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Dutch:
een slaatje slaan
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Esperanto:
profiti
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Finnish:
käyttää hyväkseen
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Finnish:
käyttää
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Finnish:
hyötyä
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Finnish:
riistää
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Galician:
aproveitar
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
German:
ausbeuten
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Greek:
κερδίζω
(kerdízo)
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Italian:
trarre profitto
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Italian:
approfittare
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Macedonian:
искори́стува
(iskorístuva)
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Polish:
wyzyskiwać
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Polish:
wyzyskać
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Spanish:
lucrarse [de/con]
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Spanish:
aprovecer [a]
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Spanish:
aprovecharse [de]
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Spanish:
aprovechar
— To take advantage of, exploit, use
Spanish:
lucrar
— To take advantage of, exploit, use