proa

proa

See also: Proa

English

Alternative forms

• parao, perahu, prahu, prau, prow

Etymology

From Malay perau, a variant of perahu. In some forms via Portuguese parão or Dutch prauw; in some forms assimilated to prow.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊə

Noun

proa (plural proas)

1. A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXII,

     I noticed that on the sea were numerous fantastically shaped canoes—or rather boats—like Malay proas, or the canoes used by many of the South Sea islanders.

   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 231:

     Malay ‘prahu’ or proa were said to be more than a match for British vessels.

Translations

sailing vessel

French: prao (fr) m Malay: perahu (ms)

Anagrams

• Paro, prao, rapo, roap

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Asturian

Noun

proa f (plural proes)

1. Alternative form of proba

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

Noun

proa f (plural proes)

1. prow, bow (front part of a ship)

Antonyms

• popa

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French

Noun

proa m (plural proas)

1. Alternative spelling of prao

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• prao

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

Noun

proa f (plural proas)

1. bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)

Antonyms

• popa

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin proba.

Noun

proa f (plural [please provide])

1. test, experiment
2. proof

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpru.ɒ/

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Noun

proa f (plural pruas)

1. bow, prow

Antonyms

• popa

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Portuguese

proa

Etymology

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), related to pro (“beginning, forward”). Compare Spanish proa, French proue.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.ɐ/, (regional) /ˈpɾo.wɐ/

• Hyphenation: pro‧a

Noun

proa f (plural proas)

1. bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)

   Synonym: vante

   Antonym: popa

Derived terms

• aproar
• figura de proa
• proeiro

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Sardinian

Verb

proa

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of pròere

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish proda, from Vulgar Latin *prōda, from Latin prōra (via dissimilation), borrowed from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. Compare Italian proda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾoa/ [ˈpɾo.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: pro‧a

Noun

proa f (plural proas)

1. (nautical) bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)

   Antonym: popa

Derived terms

• buena proa
• de popa a proa

References

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “proa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 657

Further reading

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