prou
See also: přou
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan prou, from Late Latin prōde (“profitable”), from Latin prōdest (“is useful”) (rebracketed as prōde est).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɔw/
- Rhymes: -ɔw
Adjective
prou m or f (plural (colloquial) prous)
- enough, sufficient
Derived terms
- amb prou feines
Pronoun
prou
- enough, an adequate number or amount
Adverb
prou
- enough, sufficiently
- 2019 June 17, Lluís Amiguet, ““Només salvarem la Terra si units prioritzem la ciència””, in La Vanguardia:
- «Rússia estava en la ruïna absoluta.» «Però van ser prou intel·ligents com per mantenir la indústria aeroespacial.»
- "Russia was in absolute ruin." "But they were smart enough to keep the aerospace industry."
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- quite, considerably
- Synonym: bastant
References
- “prou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “prou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “prou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “prou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French pro (“profit”), from Late Latin prōde (“profitable, useful”), from Latin prōdest (“is useful”), third-person singular of prōsum (“be useful”), after being reanalyzed as prōde est. Doublet of preux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁu/
Audio (file)
Adverb
prou
- (obsolete) a lot
Usage notes
Nowadays, this word is only used in the phrase peu ou prou, or less commonly in the phrase ni peu ni prou.
Further reading
- “prou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- pour