probant

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin probantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.bɑ̃/

Adjective

probant (feminine probante, masculine plural probants, feminine plural probantes)

1. compelling, convincing
   • 2026 April 10, Paul Guibal, quoting Marc Geiger, “Jusqu'à 4 ans de prison requis”, in La Provence, →ISSN, Vaucluse, page 2:

     “ […] C'est un pis-aller qu'on vous sert. Nous sommes tous ici à jeun d'éléments probants.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• concluant

Further reading

• “probant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Verb

probant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of probō

Polish

Alternative forms

• próbant (“experienced person”) (Central Greater Poland, Kalisz Voivodeship, Eastern Lublin, Tworyczów)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin probantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.bant/
• Rhymes: -ɔbant
• Syllabification: pro‧bant

Noun

probant m pers (female equivalent probantka)

1. (religion) novice (new member of a religious order)

   Synonym: nowicjusz

Declension

Declension of probant

	singular	plural
nominative	probant	probanci/probanty (deprecative)
genitive	probanta	probantów
dative	probantowi	probantom
accusative	probanta	probantów
instrumental	probantem	probantami
locative	probancie	probantach
vocative	probancie	probanci

Further reading

• “probant”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French probant.

Adjective

probant m or n (feminine singular probantă, masculine plural probanți, feminine/neuter plural probante)

1. probative

Declension

Declension of probant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	probant		probantă	probanți	probante
	definite	probantul		probanta	probanții	probantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	probant		probante	probanți	probante
	definite	probantului		probantei	probanților	probantelor