disprove

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-Norman desprover

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭs-pro͞ovʹ IPA: /dɪsˈpɹuːv/, X-SAMPA: /dIs"pr\u:v/
• Rhymes: -uːv

Verb

disprove (third-person singular simple present disproves, present participle disproving, simple past disproved, past participle disproved or disproven)

1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

Antonyms

• prove verb

Translations

to refute

• Bulgarian: опровергавам (bg) (oprovergavam), оборвам (bg) (oborvam)
• Czech: vyvrátit (cs)
• Dutch: weerleggen (nl), ontkrachten (nl)
• Finnish: kumota (fi)

• German: widerlegen (de)
• Serbo-Croatian: opovrgnuti (sh)
• Swedish: motbevisa (sv), vederlägga (sv)

Anagrams

• provides