disprove

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭs-pro͞ovʹ IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpɹuːv/
• 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.

Usage notes

• The past participle disproven is often proscribed in favor of disproved.

Antonyms

• prove

Translations

to refute

• Arabic: دَحَضَ‎‎ (daḥaḍa)
• Bulgarian: опровергавам (bg) (oprovergavam), оборвам (bg) (oborvam)
• Czech: vyvrátit (cs)
• Dutch: weerleggen (nl), ontkrachten (nl)
• Finnish: kumota (fi)
• French: réfuter (fr)
• German: widerlegen (de)

• Hungarian: megcáfol (hu)
• Russian: опроверга́ть (ru) impf (oprovergátʹ), опрове́ргнуть (ru) pf (oprovérgnutʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: opovrgnuti (sh)
• Swedish: motbevisa, vederlägga (sv)
• Tagalog: pabulaanan
• Welsh: gwrthbrofi (cy)

Anagrams

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