disprove

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 (ar) (daḥaḍa)
• Belarusian: абвярга́ць impf (abvjarhácʹ), абве́ргнуць pf (abvjérhnucʹ)
• Bulgarian: опровергавам (bg) (oprovergavam), оборвам (bg) (oborvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 駁斥／驳斥 (zh) (bóchì), 驳斥 (zh) (bóchì)

• Czech: vyvrátit (cs)
• Dutch: weerleggen (nl), ontkrachten (nl)
• Finnish: kumota (fi)
• French: réfuter (fr), infirmer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: widerlegen (de)
• Hungarian: megcáfol (hu)
• Japanese: 反駁する (ja) (はんばくする, hanbaku suru)
• Latin: refellō (la)
• Russian: опроверга́ть (ru) impf (oprovergátʹ), опрове́ргнуть (ru) pf (oprovérgnutʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: opovrgnuti (sh)
• Swedish: motbevisa, vederlägga (sv)
• Tagalog: pabulaanan
• Ukrainian: спросто́вувати impf (sprostóvuvaty), спростува́ти pf (sprostuváty)
• Welsh: gwrthbrofi (cy)

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