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English
Noun
proba (plural probas)
- (statistics) Abbreviation of probability.
Derived terms
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin prora, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).
Noun
proba f (plural probes)
- (nautical) prow, bow (front part of a boat)
Antonyms
Chinese
Etymology
From clipping of English probation.
Pronunciation
Noun
proba
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) probation (period of conditional employment or engagement)
French
Etymology
Clipping of probabilité.
Pronunciation
Noun
proba f (uncountable)
- (informal) probability theory
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese prova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin proba.
Pronunciation
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
Etymology 2
Verb
proba
- inflection of probar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “prova”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “proua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “proba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “proba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “proba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.ba/
- Rhymes: -ɔba
- Hyphenation: prò‧ba
Adjective
proba f sg
- feminine singular of probo
Latin
Etymology
From probō.
Pronunciation
Noun
proba f (genitive probae); first declension
- (Late Latin) test, trial
- proof, evidence
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
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 (19th century).
Verb
a proba (third-person singular present probează, past participle probat) 1st conjugation
- to prove, demonstrate
- Synonyms: dovedi, stabili
- to try, sample
- Synonym: încerca
Conjugation
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Probe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prǒːba/
- Hyphenation: pro‧ba
Noun
próba f (Cyrillic spelling про́ба)
- rehearsal
- test, trial
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
proba
- feminine singular of probo