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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan prou, from Late Latin prōde (“profitable”), rebracketed from Latin prōdest (“is useful”).
Adjective
prou m or f (masculine and feminine plural (colloquial) prous)
- enough, sufficient
Derived terms
Pronoun
prou
- enough, an adequate number or amount
Adverb
prou
- enough, sufficiently
2019 June 17, Lluís Amiguet, ““Només salvarem la Terra si units prioritzem la ciència””, in La Vanguardia:«Rússia estava en la ruïna absoluta.» «Però van ser prou intel·ligents com per mantenir la indústria aeroespacial.»- "Russia was in absolute ruin." "But they were smart enough to keep the aerospace industry."
- quite, considerably
- Synonym: bastant
Etymology 2
Verb
prou
- (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of provar
References
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French pro (“profit”), from Late Latin prōde (“profitable, useful”), from Latin prōdest (“is useful”), third-person singular of prōsum (“be useful”), after being reanalyzed as prōde est. Doublet of preux.
Pronunciation
Adverb
prou
- (obsolete) a lot
Usage notes
Nowadays, this word is only used in the phrase peu ou prou, or less commonly in the phrase ni peu ni prou.
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