profus
French, adjective/pʁɔ.fy/
profus is spelled P-R-O-F-U-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written French, the 264,399th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profus is a French adjective meaning “profuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a tendance à se répandre, en parlant d’un fluide”.
What does profus mean in English?
adjective
- 1
profuse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a tendance à se répandre, en parlant d’un fluide. 2. Utilisé en médecine pour décrire les écoulements ou saignements abondants. 3. Abondant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of profus
- profuse feminine
- profuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce profus?
- /pʁɔ.fy/
- \pʁɔ.fy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is profus in French?
profus appears about once in every 71 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).