prou
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See also: přou
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Catalan prou, from Late Latin prōde (“profitable”), rebracketed from Latin prōdest (“is useful”).
Adjective[edit]
prou m or f (masculine and feminine plural (colloquial) prous)
Derived terms[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
prou
- enough, an adequate number or amount
Adverb[edit]
prou
- enough, sufficiently
- 2019 June 17, Lluís Amiguet, ““Només salvarem la Terra si units prioritzem la ciència””, in La Vanguardia[1]:
- «Rússia estava en la ruïna absoluta.» «Però van ser prou intel·ligents com per mantenir la indústria aeroespacial.»
- "Russia was in absolute ruin." "But they were smart enough to keep the aerospace industry."
- quite, considerably
- Synonym: bastant
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
prou
References[edit]
- “prou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “prou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “prou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “prou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French pro (“profit”), from Late Latin prōde (“profitable, useful”), from Latin prōdest (“is useful”), third-person singular of prōsum (“be useful”), after being reanalyzed as prōde est. Doublet of preux.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
prou
Usage notes[edit]
Nowadays, this word is only used in the phrase peu ou prou, or less commonly in the phrase ni peu ni prou.
Further reading[edit]
- “prou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
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