proso

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English

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Noun

proso (uncountable)

  1. Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.
    • 1973, Dan Herndon Jordan, Soil Survey of Cherokee, Gilmer, and Pickens Counties, Georgia:
      Examples are corn, sorghum, wheat, oats, millet, soybeans, and proso.

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Anagrams

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech proso, from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pro‧so

Noun

proso n

  1. panicum, panicgrass, any member of the genus Panicum
  2. millet (grain)

Declension

Declension of proso (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative proso prosa
genitive prosa pros
dative prosu prosům
accusative proso prosa
vocative proso prosa
locative prosu prosech
instrumental prosem prosy

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Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.zo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔzo
  • Hyphenation: prò‧so

Verb

proso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of prosare

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Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.sɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsɔ
  • Syllabification: pro‧so

Noun

proso n

  1. panicgrass, panicum, millet (any grass of the genus Panicum or its grains), especially:
    1. proso millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Declension

Declension of proso
singular plural
nominative proso prosa
genitive prosa pros
dative prosu prosom
accusative proso prosa
instrumental prosem prosami
locative prosie prosach
vocative proso prosa

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • proso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • proso in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prôso/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧so

Noun

prȍso n (Cyrillic spelling про̏со)

  1. millet (grain)

Declension

Declension of proso
singular
nominative proso
genitive prosa
dative prosu
accusative proso
vocative proso
locative prosu
instrumental prosom

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

Noun

proso n

  1. panicum, panicgrass, any member of the genus Panicum
  2. millet (grain)

Declension

Declension of proso
(pattern mesto)
singularplural
nominativeprosoprosá
genitiveprosaprôs
dativeprosuprosám
accusativeprosoprosá
locativeproseprosách
instrumentalprosomprosami

Further reading

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

Noun

prosọ̑ n

  1. millet (grain)

Declension

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, hard
nom. sing. proso
gen. sing. prosa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		proso prosi prosa
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		prosa pros pros
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		prosu prosoma prosom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		proso prosi prosa
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		prosu prosih prosih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		prosom prosoma prosi

Further reading

  • “proso”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʀɔsɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsɔ
  • Hyphenation: pro‧so
  • Syllabification: pro‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȏrsę.

Noun

proso n

  1. (zoology) piglet
Declension
Declension of proso (neuter t-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative proso proseći prosata
genitive proseća prosećow prosatow
dative proseću prosećomaj prosatam
accusative proso proseći prosata
instrumental prosećom prosećomaj prosatami
locative proseću prosećomaj prosatach
vocative proso proseći prosata

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prȍso.

Noun

proso n

  1. (botany) millet
Declension
Declension of proso (neuter t-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative proso proseći prosata
genitive proseća prosećow prosatow
dative proseću prosećomaj prosatam
accusative proso proseći prosata
instrumental prosećom prosećomaj prosatami
locative proseću prosećomaj prosatach
vocative proso proseći prosata

References

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