proba

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See also: próba, probá, and probă

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

proba (plural probas)

  1. (statistics) Abbreviation of probability.

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Asturian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

proba f (plural probes)

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

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Chinese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From clipping of English probation.

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Noun[edit]

proba

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) probation (period of conditional employment or engagement)

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese prova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin proba.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

proba f (plural probas)

  1. test
  2. proof
  3. (law) evidence
  4. sample
  5. a quantity of meat that is gifted to the ones who helped during the annual slaughter of pigs
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References[edit]

  • 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.

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

proba

  1. inflection of probar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ɔba
  • Hyphenation: prò‧ba

Adjective[edit]

proba f sg

  1. feminine singular of probo

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From probō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

proba f (genitive probae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) test, trial
  2. proof, evidence

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

proba

  1. inflection of probus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective[edit]

probā

  1. ablative feminine singular of probus

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

proba

  1. feminine singular of probo

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin probāre, present active infinitive of probō (19th century).

Verb[edit]

a proba (third-person singular present probează, past participle probat) 1st conj.

  1. to prove, demonstrate
    Synonyms: dovedi, stabili
  2. to try, sample
    Synonym: încerca

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Probe.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /prǒːba/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧ba

Noun[edit]

próba f (Cyrillic spelling про́ба)

  1. rehearsal
  2. test, trial

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Spanish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

proba

  1. feminine singular of probo