proba

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See also: próba, probá, and probă

English

Noun

proba (plural probas)

  1. (statistics) Abbreviation of probability.

Derived terms

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

proba f (plural probes)

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

Antonyms

Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From clipping of English probation.

Pronunciation


Noun

proba

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

French

Etymology

Clipping of probabilité.

Pronunciation

Noun

proba f (uncountable)

  1. (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)

  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

Etymology 2

Verb

proba

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

References

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

proba f sg

  1. feminine singular of probo

Latin

Etymology

From probō.

Pronunciation

Noun

proba f (genitive probae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative proba probae
genitive probae probārum
dative probae probīs
accusative probam probās
ablative probā probīs
vocative proba probae

Descendants

Adjective

proba

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

Adjective

probā

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. to prove, demonstrate
    Synonyms: dovedi, stabili
  2. 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)

  1. rehearsal
  2. test, trial

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

proba

  1. feminine singular of probo