prova
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈpɾɔ.βə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɾɔ.və]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈpɾɔ.va]
- Hyphenation: pro‧va
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from provar, possibly corresponding to Late Latin proba, from Latin probō.
Noun edit
prova f (plural proves)
- exam
- test
- proof, evidence (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion)
- (law) evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
prova
- inflection of provar:
Further reading edit
- “prova” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “prova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “prova” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “prova” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Either deverbal from provare (“to try; to test; to prove; to feel”) + -a, or from Late Latin proba, from Latin probō.
Noun edit
prova f (plural prove)
- trial, test, experiment
- Synonyms: verifica, esperimento
- examination, exam, test
- Synonym: esame
- proof, evidence
- try, attempt, shot
- (sports) trial, test, event, performance
- (theater) rehearsal
- (poetic) the condition of having felt (something)
- 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, line 7; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
- […] ove sia chi per prova intenda amore, […]
- […] if anyone understands love by having felt it.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
prova
- inflection of provare:
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pro‧va
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese prova, either regressively derived from the verb provar[1] or from Late Latin proba (“proof”),[2] from Latin probō (“to approve; to prove”), from probus (“good”).
Noun edit
prova f (plural provas)
- (education) examination; test
- proof; evidence (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion)
- (law) evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)
- proof; assertion; affirmation
- Aquelas palavras foram uma prova de seu ódio.
- Those words were an assertion of his hatred.
- (sports) discipline (category in which a sport belongs)
- Corri a prova dos cem metros barreiras.
- I ran the hundred-meter hurdles.
- (logic, mathematics) proof (sequence of statements which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof)
- (figurative) obstacle; challenge
- the act of trying out clothes
- degustation; tasting
- (printing) proof (trial impression)
Synonyms edit
- (examination): avaliação, ensaio, exame, teste
- (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion): evidência, indício, resquício, sinal, testemunho, vestígio
- (legal evidence): evidência
- (assertion): afirmação, asserção, confirmação, demonstração, mostra
- (category in sports): categoria, disciplina, modalidade
- (challenge): experiência
- (degustation): degustação
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
prova
- inflection of provar:
References edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin proba. Doublet of pröva and prov. Cognate with Danish prøve, Norwegian Bokmål prøve, Norwegian Nynorsk prøve.
Pronunciation edit
audio (file) - Hyphenation: pro‧va
Verb edit
prova (present provar, preterite provade, supine provat, imperative prova)
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | prova | provas | ||
Supine | provat | provats | ||
Imperative | prova | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | proven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | provar | provade | provas | provades |
Ind. plural1 | prova | provade | provas | provades |
Subjunctive2 | prove | provade | proves | provades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | provande | |||
Past participle | provad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- prova in Svensk ordbok.
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish پرووا (prova), from Italian prova.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pro‧va
Noun edit
prova (definite accusative provayı, plural provalar)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “prova”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “prova”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı