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Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin reprobus (“false; spurious”), derived from Classical Latin probus (“honest”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
reprobo (feminine reproba, masculine plural reprobi, feminine plural reprobe)
- reprobate
Noun
reprobo m (plural reprobi, feminine reproba)
- reprobate
Further reading
- reprobo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈprɔ.bo/, (Latinate) /ˈrɛ.pro.bo/
- Rhymes: -ɔbo, (Latinate) -ɛprobo
- Hyphenation: re‧prò‧bo, (Latinate) rè‧pro‧bo
Verb
reprobo
- first-person singular present indicative of reprobare
Latin
Etymology
Found in Late Latin, from re- + probō, for classical improbō.
Pronunciation
Verb
reprobō (present infinitive reprobāre, perfect active reprobāvī, supine reprobātum); first conjugation
- to disapprove
- to reject
- to condemn
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “reprobo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- reprobo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.