proba
See also: próba, probá, and probă
Asturian
Alternative forms
- proa
Etymology
From Latin prora, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).
Noun
proba f (plural probes)
- (nautical) prow, bow (front part of a boat)
Antonyms
- popa
Chinese
Alternative forms
- probat, probate
Etymology
From clipping of English probation.
Pronunciation
Noun
proba
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) probation (period of conditional employment or engagement)
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese prova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin proba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɾɔβɐ]
Noun
proba f (plural probas)
- test
- proof
- (law) evidence
- sample
- a quantity of meat that is gifted to the ones who helped during the annual slaughter of pigs
Derived terms
- probar
References
- “prova” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “proua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “proba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “proba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “proba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.ba/
- Rhymes: -ɔba
- Hyphenation: prò‧ba
Adjective
proba f sg
- feminine singular of probo
Latin
Etymology
From probō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ba/, [ˈprɔbä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ba/, [ˈprɔːbä]
Noun
proba f (genitive probae); first declension
- (Late Latin) test, trial
- proof, evidence
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | proba | probae |
Genitive | probae | probārum |
Dative | probae | probīs |
Accusative | probam | probās |
Ablative | probā | probīs |
Vocative | proba | probae |
Descendants
- → Albanian: provë
- Asturian: prueba
- Catalan: prova
- → Dutch: proef
- → English: proof
- Galician: proba
- → German: Probe
- → Hungarian: próba
- → Macedonian: проба (proba)
- → Polish: próba
- → Russian: проба (proba)
- → Serbo-Croatian: проба, proba
- French: preuve
- Friulian: prove
- Italian: prova, pruova
- Ladin: proa
- → Middle Low German: prove
- → Danish: prøve
- → Icelandic: prófa
- → Norwegian Bokmål: prøve
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: prøve
- → Swedish: pröva
- Portuguese: prova
- → Romanian: probă
- Romansch: prova, prouva
- Sardinian: proa, proba, prova
- Sicilian: prova
- Spanish: prueba
- → Swedish: prova, prov
- Venetian: próva
Adjective
proba
- inflection of probus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
probā
- ablative feminine singular of probus
References
- “proba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- proba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- proba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Adjective
proba
- feminine singular of probo
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin probāre, present active infinitive of probō (19th century).
Verb
a proba (third-person singular present probează, past participle probat) 1st conj.
- to prove, demonstrate
- to try, sample
Conjugation
conjugation of proba (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a proba | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | probând | ||||||
past participle | probat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | probez | probezi | probează | probăm | probați | probează | |
imperfect | probam | probai | proba | probam | probați | probau | |
simple perfect | probai | probași | probă | probarăm | probarăți | probară | |
pluperfect | probasem | probaseși | probase | probaserăm | probaserăți | probaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să probez | să probezi | să probeze | să probăm | să probați | să probeze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | probează | probați | |||||
negative | nu proba | nu probați |
Synonyms
- (prove): dovedi, stabili
- (try): încerca
Related terms
- aproba
- probă
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Probe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prǒːba/
- Hyphenation: pro‧ba
Noun
próba f (Cyrillic spelling про́ба)
- rehearsal
- test, trial
Declension
Declension of proba
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | proba | probe |
genitive | probe | proba |
dative | probi | probama |
accusative | probu | probe |
vocative | probo | probe |
locative | probi | probama |
instrumental | probom | probama |
Spanish
Adjective
proba
- feminine singular of probo