prou
See also: přou
Catalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Catalan prou, from Late Latin prōde (“profitable”), rebracketed from Latin prōdest (“is useful”).
Adjective
editprou m or f (masculine and feminine plural (colloquial) prous)
Derived terms
editPronoun
editprou
- enough, an adequate number or amount
Adverb
editprou
- 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
Interjection
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editprou
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
editEtymology
editInherited 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.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editprou
Usage notes
editNowadays, 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.
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