proba

• proa

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

proba f (plural probes)

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

• popa

• probat, probate

From clipping of English probation.

proba

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

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese prova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin proba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɾɔβɐ]

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

• probar

• “prova” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “proua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “proba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “proba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “proba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

proba f sg

1. feminine singular of probo

From probō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ba/, [ˈprɔbä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ba/, [ˈprɔːbä]

proba f (genitive probae); first declension

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

First-declension noun.

proba

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

probā

1. ablative feminine singular of probus

• “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

proba

1. feminine singular of probo

Borrowed from Latin probāre, present active infinitive of probō (19th century).

a proba (third-person singular present probează, past participle probat) 1st conj.

1. to prove, demonstrate
2. to try, sample

• (prove): dovedi, stabili
• (try): încerca

• aproba
• probă

Borrowed from German Probe.

• IPA^(key): /prǒːba/
• Hyphenation: pro‧ba

próba f (Cyrillic spelling про́ба)

1. rehearsal
2. test, trial

proba

1. feminine singular of probo