perfil

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from perfilar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pərˈfil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾˈfil]

Noun

perfil m (plural perfils)

1. profile

Further reading

• “perfil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “perfil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “perfil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “perfil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish perfil (“profile”), from Provençal perfil.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈfiw/ [pehˈfiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈfiw/ [pehˈfiʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾˈfiw/ [peɾˈfiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁˈfiw/ [peχˈfiʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻˈfiw/ [peɻˈfiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈfil/ [pɨɾˈfiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈfil/ [pɨɾˈfiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈfi.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: per‧fil

Noun

perfil m (plural perfis)

1. profile (the shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side)
2. (law enforcement) profile (summary or collection of information, especially about a person)
3. (Internet) profile (specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems)

   Synonym: página

Derived terms

• de perfil

Related terms

• perfilação
• perfilado
• perfilagem
• perfilamento
• perfilar

 

Further reading

• “perfil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal and Old Occitan perfil, from the verb perfilar, from Italian profilare (“to edge, outline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈfil/ [peɾˈfil]

• Audio (Argentina):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: per‧fil

Noun

perfil m (plural perfiles)

1. profile
2. side view; side-on view
3. (Internet) profile; profile page
4. (employment) profile
5. (metallurgy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Hyponyms

• perfil falso (“catfish”)

Derived terms

• de perfil
• perfil bajo
• perfilería

 

Further reading

• “perfil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014