prou

See also: přou

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈpɾɔw]
• Rhymes: -ɔw

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

prou m or f (masculine and feminine plural (colloquial) prous)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

prou

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

References

• “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

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. Doublet of preux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁu/

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Adverb

prou

1. (obsolete) a lot

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