proba

proba (plural probas)

1. (statistics) Abbreviation of probability.

• proba measure, proba space

• proa

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

proba f (plural probes)

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

• popa

• probat, probate

From clipping of English probation.

proba

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

Clipping of probabilité.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ba/

proba f (uncountable)

1. (informal) probability theory

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɾɔβɐ]

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

proba

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

• probar

• 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

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

proba f sg

1. feminine singular of probo

From probō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔ.ba]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.ba]

proba f (genitive probae); first declension

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

First-declension noun.

proba

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

probā

1. ablative feminine singular of probus

• “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.

proba

1. feminine singular of probo

Borrowed from Latin probāre (19th century).

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

• aproba
• probă

Borrowed from German Probe.

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

próba f (Cyrillic spelling про́ба)

1. rehearsal
2. test, trial

proba

1. feminine singular of probo