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English
Etymology
From Middle English disproven, dispreven, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover, equivalent to dis- + prove.
Pronunciation
enPR: dĭs-pro͞ovʹ
Verb
disprove (third-person singular simple present disproves, present participle disproving, simple past disproved, past participle disproved or disproven)
- (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
- disprove a theory
- disprove a hypothesis
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Translations
to refute
- Arabic: دَحَضَ (ar) (daḥaḍa)
- Belarusian: абвярга́ць impf (abvjarhácʹ), абве́ргнуць pf (abvjérhnucʹ)
- Bulgarian: опровергавам (bg) (oprovergavam), оборвам (bg) (oborvam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 駁斥 / 驳斥 (zh) (bóchì)
- Czech: vyvrátit (cs)
- Dutch: weerleggen (nl), ontkrachten (nl)
- Finnish: osoittaa vääräksi; kumota (fi)
- French: réfuter (fr), infirmer (fr)
- German: widerlegen (de)
- Greek: ανταποδεικνύω (el) (antapodeiknýo)
- Hungarian: megcáfol (hu)
- Italian: confutare (it)
- Japanese: 反駁する (ja) (はんばくする, hanbaku suru)
- Latin: refellō (la), redarguō
- Old English: unsōþian
- Portuguese: desmentir (pt), refutar (pt)
- Russian: опроверга́ть (ru) impf (oprovergátʹ), опрове́ргнуть (ru) pf (oprovérgnutʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: opovrgnuti (sh)
- Spanish: refutar (es), rebatir (es), desmentir (es), desdecir (es)
- Swedish: motbevisa (sv), vederlägga (sv)
- Tagalog: pabulaanan
- Ukrainian: спросто́вувати impf (sprostóvuvaty), спростува́ти pf (sprostuváty)
- Welsh: gwrthbrofi (cy)
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