proba

See also: próba, probá, and probă

English

Noun

proba (plural probas)

1. (statistics) Abbreviation of probability.

Derived terms

• proba measure, proba space

Asturian

Alternative forms

• proa

Etymology

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

Noun

proba f (plural probes)

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

Antonyms

• popa

Chinese

Alternative forms

• probat, probate

Etymology

From clipping of English probation.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po⁶ bei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po⁶ bei¹
    • Yale: poh bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po⁶ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: po⁶ béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²² pei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

proba

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

French

Etymology

Clipping of probabilité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ba/

Noun

proba f (uncountable)

1. (informal) probability theory

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɾɔβɐ]

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Verb

proba

1. inflection of probar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Derived terms

• probar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “prova”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “proua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “proba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “proba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “proba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

proba f sg

1. feminine singular of probo

Latin

Etymology

From probō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

proba f (genitive probae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	proba	probae
genitive	probae	probārum
dative	probae	probīs
accusative	probam	probās
ablative	probā	probīs
vocative	proba	probae

Descendants

• → Albanian: provë
• Asturian: prueba
• Catalan: prova
• → Dutch: proef
• → English: proof
• Galician: proba
• → German: Probe
  • → Macedonian: проба (proba)
  • → Polish: próba, proba (Middle Polish)
    • → Kashubian: próba
    • → Slovincian: próba
  • → Russian: проба (proba)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: проба, proba
• French: preuve
• Friulian: prove
• Italian: prova, pruova
• Ladin: proa
• → Middle Low German: prove
  • → Danish: prøve
  • → Icelandic: prófa
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: prøve
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: prøve
  • → Swedish: pröva
• Portuguese: prova
• → Romanian: probă
• Romansch: prova, prouva
• Sardinian: proa, proba, prova
• Sicilian: prova
• Spanish: prueba
• → Swedish: prova, prov
• Venetan: próva

Adjective

proba

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

Adjective

probā

1. ablative feminine singular of probus

References

• “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.

Portuguese

Adjective

proba

1. feminine singular of probo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin probāre (19th century).

Verb

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

1. to prove, demonstrate

   Synonyms: dovedi, stabili

2. to try, sample

   Synonym: încerca

Conjugation

    conjugation of proba (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a proba
gerund			probând
past participle			probat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	probez	probezi	probează	probăm	probați	probează
	imperfect	probam	probai	proba	probam	probați	probau
	simple perfect	probai	probași	probă	probarăm	probarăți	probară
	pluperfect	probasem	probaseși	probase	probaserăm	probaserăți	probaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să probez	să probezi	să probeze	să probăm	să probați	să probeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		probează			probați
	negative		nu proba			nu probați

Related terms

• aproba
• probă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Probe.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

próba f (Cyrillic spelling про́ба)

1. rehearsal
2. test, trial

Declension

Declension of proba

	singular	plural
nominative	proba	probe
genitive	probe	proba
dative	probi	probama
accusative	probu	probe
vocative	probo	probe
locative	probi	probama
instrumental	probom	probama

Spanish

Adjective

proba

1. feminine singular of probo