prou

See also: přou

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpɾo̞w]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpɾɔw]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ɔw

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan prou, from Late Latin prōde (“profitable”), rebracketed from Latin prōdest (“is useful”). Compare French prou.

Adjective

prou (invariable)

1. enough, sufficient

Derived terms

• amb prou feines

Pronoun

prou

1. enough, an adequate number or amount

Adverb

prou

1. 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."

2. quite, considerably

   Synonym: bastant

Interjection

prou

1. enough! stop it! [with de ‘stop something’]

   Prou de soroll! ― Enough with the noise!

Etymology 2

Verb

prou

1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of provar

References

• “prou”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “prou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “prou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “prou”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

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. Compare Catalan prou, where the form is widely used.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁu/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adverb

prou

1. (obsolete) a lot; enough

Usage notes

Nowadays, this word is only used in the phrase peu ou prou, or less commonly in the phrase ni peu ni prou.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pour